Striving to be a Nobody

“Everybody wants to be a somebody.
Nobody knows how to be a nobody.
If ever there is a ‘somebody'
Who knows how to be a nobody
Then that nobody is a real somebody!

If you ever want to be a nobody
Then follow that somebody
Who really is a ‘nobody'
(Later) Let go of everybody,
Even that somebody who already is a nobody,
Eventually you will be a real nobody.

-Venerable Suvanno, 1981

这是REV Suvanno师父在一次的传经时，向信徒们解说的教导。REV Suvanno师父是一名南传的佛教师父，也是一名非常出名以地方方言弘法的佛教师父。