When the meaning of selflessness is to annihilate all evil desires or to give up the idea of fame or profit—when that is selflessness, that is a one-sided idea. Selflessness also means a strong self. The toughness of the self plus that which is always free from personal attachment, that is selflessness.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-06-28 - as found on
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