Day 44 of 365: The Great Interdependence

This is one of the five great reasonings of the Middle Way.  I have been working with this through an example from Thrangu Rinpoche that is really simple and wonderful.  Take two sticks of incense, one which is 2 inches and the other which is 4 inches.  Set them side by side.  Clearly, we immediately think that the 4 inch stick is the largest.  What if we replace the 2 inch stick with a 6 inch stick?  Then the 4 inch stick is the smallest.  What changed about the stick?  Nothing.  This shows, in a gut level way, the dependence of small and large.  They are, in fact, equal.  Notice big and small throughout your day.  What reference point are you basing your concept on?