In an era long before microscopes, the Buddha's all-embracing compassion extended even to life on a scale invisible to the naked eye. Today, in a time of crisis for many species, we will never be able to preserve biodiversity if we do not value micro-organisms.
在不知顯微鏡為何物的時代，佛的慈悲普及了肉眼難見的生命；在生物岌岌可危的今天，不珍惜微生物，則無法談生物多樣性。