A person who understands the reason behind a law is more likely to obey it intelligently than someone who is simply ordered to obey. Similarly, the person who sees life interdependently linked in dharma’s cosmic web will know exactly why controlling selfish urges is essential in conduct; there will be no need to take someone else’s word for it. It is through direct, intimate, personal knowledge of dharma, rather than a high moral code or social pressure, that selfless, righteous actions arise.
