As Buddhist practitioners, we must understand that doing things for ourselves or for our own ends is mean-spirited.
Doing something for the benefit of others, however minor, is considered kind.
学佛人一定要懂得，为自己的事情，
为私心的事情，都带着恶意；
为别人的事情，
哪怕就是一点点，都是善良的。
– Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 3
