Venerable Master Hua's Talks on Dharma During the 1993 Trip to Taiwan (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

Other people all wish to benefit themselves. I don't wish to benefit myself. If there is something that I can do to benefit living beings, I want to do it. even if I have to die. That is how my thinking differs from that of others. As for my conduct, most people do not understand my actions, nor do I explain myself to them. As for my way of doing things, I do the things that no one else wants to do. For example, when left the home-life and became a Shramanera (novice monk), I cleaned out the pit toilets and spittoons and swept the floors I did all of the chores that other people didn't like to do. All of you should know that I am different from intelligent and wise people in my thinking, conduct, and way of doing things. Compared to fools, there is no one more stupid than I am.