Every single one of the seven billion human beings wants a happy life, and every single one has every right to achieve that goal. If we emphasize secondary level differences like “I am Tibetan”, then it makes me seem more concerned with Tibet. Also, “I am Buddhist” gives some kind of close feeling with other Buddhists, but automatically creates some sort of small distance from other faiths.
This kind of view is actually a source of problems, including the many problems and immense violence human beings have faced in the past and continue to face in the twenty-first century. Violence never happens if you consider other people to be human beings, just like yourself. There is no reason to kill each other; but when we forget the oneness of humanity and instead concentrate on secondary level differences like “my nation” and “their nation”, “my religion” and “their religion”, we create distinctions and have more concern for our own people and followers of our religion. Then, we disregard the rights of others and even have no respect for the lives of others. Many of the problems we face even today arise from this basis, of placing too much emphasis and importance upon secondary level differences.
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