"People become people through other people." "I am because you are." - Ubuntu proverbs. "No man is an island." - John Donne. There is no inherently and independently existing self - to carry on as if one is, produces suffering for self and other. - essential teaching of Buddhism.

Ravi Chandra's Remarks at Mindful Self Compassion Teacher Forum on Racism & 'mudfire', July 30, 2020 https://youtu.be/j1AjD22JSlo