/lit/ - Literature

>>4333970
>>4334033
That's it. Nothing wrong with a bit of theft from the orient.

>>3758366
Being obsessed with your self-image is the cause of a lot of mental suffering. Doing good deeds and taking pride in it enforces this obsession. It's a form of vanity. If you care about being a good looking person you will be upset when you have a bad hair day or break your nose or get a scar or a pimple or whatever. When you aren't obsessed with how you look, these things will leave you relatively unphased.

The same goes for some kind of ethical vanity. Taking pride and identifying yourself with good deeds will set you up for a load of suffering when you fuck up, which is bound to happen. And so this vanity gets in the way of any peace of mind.

Being charitable and proud of it only benefits others. Being charitable selflessly benefits both yourself and others.

A lot of these selflessness tricks end up in your own benefit and what can seem denying yourself joy will end up making you happier in the long run.