"I realized that Eastern
thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of
life that in another reincarnation might possibly be a horsefly or a bird of
paradise or a deer. So a man of such a faith, looking at animals, might be looking
at old friends or ancestors. In the East the wilderness has no evil
connotation; it is thought of as an expression of the unity and harmony of the
universe." -U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (October 16,
1898 – January 19, 1980)
Ashoka Angulimala Upāsaka
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