Where does human greed come from and what is the standard that decides what is and is not greed?

By Teacher Woo Myung

Human greed comes from the desire to survive. 

The desire for comfort and personal gain, 

which comes from having a self, gives rise to a person’s greed. 

The standard for deciding what is and is not greed is the following: 

anything done for oneself is greed, 

whereas what is done for the benefit of others is not. 

From the position of Truth, anything done selflessly 

– when one does not have a self – is not greed, 

but all things done when one has a self is greed.

From “The Book of Wisdom”

Written By Teacher Woo Myung