I would like many things in the world to be better, but I am only one person – what can one person do?

So when we talk about individual aspirations – individuals are all related to other individuals. Therefore, an individual’s actions and aspirations are connected to many others, so one individual’s small aspiration can also change and impact the whole world in a very big way. That person or that individual is not only independent, but is related to everything else. The aspiration and responsibility can also have a big effect on a whole community or the whole world.

Therefore, each individual becomes very important. Each individual has power and influence. We think of the Buddha as having super-powers, being a super-hero, that everything will be done by Buddhas and bodhisattvas. Each one of us has that capacity.

HH, 17^th Karmapa
Ogyen Trinley Dorje

From Kamashila
Short-Ngon-dro teaching
Germany, 2014