Ultimately the self and the other, they are all related things. In this relation, we cannot differentiate the self from the other and the other from the self. If we look from the philosophical viewpoint, all things are equal and all are interdependent. But this way of understanding the interdependent origination is at the basic perspective, how to refrain from all kinds of violent action.

-- 5th Samdhong Rinpoche, Lobsang Tenzin