Radical Interdependence

Starting with this most simple of expressions—When this is, that is—[Thich Nhat Hanh] explicated dependent origination as a vision of radical interdependence, or what he called “interbeing,” in which all beings support and are in turn supported by all other beings. This elaboration . . . encompassed the foundation, the practice, and the fulfillment of spiritual life.

– Andrew Cooper, “The Debacle”