Stopped In Our Tracks
Stories of U.G. In India from the Notebooks of K. ChandrasekharTranslated and Edited by J.S.R.L. Narayana Moorty 2d/3d Series
"Be Selfish and Stay Selfish" Is My Message
I am not saying anything against your bank balance or concern for yourself. I want you to do that...
Man is always selfish and will remain selfish as long as he practices selflessness. I have nothing against selfish people, because that is a reality. I don't want you to talk about selflessness. That has really no basis at all.
"Tomorrow" you will be a marvelous man. When tomorrow arrives you push it to day after tomorrow, or next life, but until then you will stay selfish. I have never said to anybody, "Don't be selfish."
"Be selfish and stay selfish"—that is my message. Wanting enlightenment is selfishness. Charity is selfishness.
Man is always selfish and will remain selfish as long as he practices selflessness. I have nothing against selfish people, because that is a reality. I don't want you to talk about selflessness. That has really no basis at all.
"Tomorrow" you will be a marvelous man. When tomorrow arrives you push it to day after tomorrow, or next life, but until then you will stay selfish. I have never said to anybody, "Don't be selfish."
"Be selfish and stay selfish"—that is my message. Wanting enlightenment is selfishness. Charity is selfishness.
