When I was a student, there wasn't a single thing we did that was unrelated to others. It was all for the Emperor, or parents, or the country, or society–everything was other-centered, which means that all educated men were hypocrites. When society changed, this hypocrisy ceased to work, and as a result, self-centeredness was gradually imported into thought and action, and egoism became enormously over-developed. Instead of the old hypocrites, now all we've got are out-and-out rogues. Do you see what I mean by that? .Anonymous
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The Zen master Hakuin said, “If one hundred men want to climb a mountain, then you can't stop them. If one man wants to climb the mountain, then the whole world is involved in stopping him.” This is what he means when he says that when society changes, this hypocrisy ceases to work, and as a result, self-centeredness is gradually imported into thought and action, and egoism becomes enormously over-developed.
Source: Sanshira
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