The Error of Self

"Dismiss the error of the self and do not cling to possessions which are transient but perform deeds that are good, for deeds are enduring and in deeds your karma continues.

"Since then, O bhikkhus*, there is no self, there can not be any after life of a self. Therefore abandon all thought of self. But since there are deeds and since deeds continue, be careful with your deeds.

All beings have karma as their portion: they are heirs of their karma; they are sprung from their karma; their karma is their kinsman; their karma is their refuge; karma allots beings to meanness** or to greatness."

---The Gospel of Buddha (1894), by Paul Carus---

*Monks
**Lack of quality or attractiveness; shabbiness.