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Article: Personal Responsibility: A Buddhist Perspective on Relationship
Applied Buddhist Psychology, Article, Empowered Living, Energetic Patterns, Habits, Inner Wisdom, Karma, Personal Responsibility, RelationshipsBy Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.
Relationship forms the core of our experience as humans. We define ourselves and are defined by the nature of our relating. In Buddhism, there is a concept called “interdependence” which postulates that nothing exists independently. Everything exists interdependently. Applying this concept to relationship implies that we do not and cannot exist independently of one another.![](https://www.appliedbuddhistpsychology.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/understanding-2012-495x400.jpg)
Podcast: Episode 19: Understanding 2012
Applied Buddhist Psychology, Empowered Living, Personal Responsibility, Podcast, Rites of Passage/InitiationIn today's episode, Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. discusses the 2012 era in terms of the evolution of human consciousness.
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