Anguish

Worship
First, there are three types of greed
One is bad greed
The other one is neither one nor the other desire
The last one is a good desire to improve oneself
As you said, I want to be kind
it's your good desire
I think you now understand that selflessness is not something Buddhism aims for in particular.
A state of nothlessness is a state of immersion and certainly indicates a state of selflessness.
Now, in the world, there are things that are conventionally good, but there are also things that are inherently bad, and conversely, there are many things historically that are actually good in nature
What I want to say here is that selfishness or greed is not bad
If there is no selfishness
Since we can't survive a life crisis, our lives won't be connected, and we probably don't even exist in this world
If you are a person who is doing altruism correctly, one day you will notice that you are receiving something at the same time as performing an altruistic act at the same time or after that.
Rather, it is a path you go through while doing altruism in a state where you feel that the person who gives is also gaining
regardless
Selfless humans are like ghosts
What we need is to carry out good desires without being swayed by bad desires
I don't know if all the questions were answered
May you be satisfied
Gassho

I read your question.
There are detailed types of afflictions, and what people call greed corresponds to afflictions called “greed” and “thirst.”
The desire to be useful to others would not be greed if it were pure.
However, “I want to be appreciated.” As soon as that thought arises, the feeling of trying to show yourself well, and the feeling of seeking return comes in, it becomes cloudy.
It can be said that there is nothing without such “planning.”
But this is really difficult.

For example, even in what we have learned as morality, “if you want to be trusted, don't tell lies.” There are things like that, aren't there?
To cut corners means not to tell lies regardless of whether they are trusted or not.
Kant called this “affirmative life law” and “true morality.”
Also, in Buddhism, expressions that surpass right and wrong are sometimes used.
Not only when we're doing bad things, but even when we're doing good things, we say, “You're doing good things right now.” I am aware of that.
However, I don't even have that sense of good.
If someone is in trouble, “just reach out.”
This means that it surpasses right and wrong.
I want to be that kind of person.

Good evening. My name is Kameyama Junshi.

Rather than greed, affliction is a mental function that creates my own worries, isn't it? We can't live without greed. The very thought of “I want to be useful to people” and “I want to be kind” is probably not an affliction. However, when you can't be kind to others, the mental function that makes you do that is probably distressing. Also, when you're being kind to others, the mental function of feeling infuriated if your partner doesn't say thank you is also distressing.
Therefore, the feeling of wishing “for others” is not originally supposed to be an annoyance, but it is actually difficult for us to do things for others. We get angry when people complain about what we have done out of kindness. What makes me angry is that “I'm doing it for people.” That's because I have a heart like that. This “I'm doing it for people.” That mentality is not altruistic. On the other hand, that kind of mentality is by no means good for oneself, so it is not self-beneficial. True self-interest is probably something that leads to profit and others. It's “self-interest, immediate benefit, etc.” And such a way of life is, “This is for myself, for my own benefit (self-interest).” “This is something that benefits people (altruism) for people.” They are born in a place where they do things in a state of mind that is not bound by that thought. Then, I think that kind of state of mind is mindlessness or selflessness.

These are my answers. I hope you find it helpful.

Desire is not an affliction in and of itself.
appetite, sexual desire, desire to sleep. These are necessary for life, and they are also the root of life.
However, when they become attached to that desire, greed (devouring) is born there.
If you start devouring, you won't be satisfied forever, and you'll be fed up (bad) due to not being able to get enough.
Then, Ikari takes away his composure, becomes ego, and becomes insanity (recklessness).
These are the three poisons “greed,” which is the root of affliction.
In other words, an obsession with desire is born, and it is only when you begin to think “I want more” or “I want it always” that I become worried.

You mean, “You don't eat to have fun; you eat to live.”

Also, in Shingon Esoteric Buddhism, a Bodhisattva's desire to save people is called “great greed.”
The teaching of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism is that even with the same desire, the vector changes appearance from foolish affliction to status as a Bodhisattva.

Once upon a time, when His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga had a conversation, the pope told Gaga
“You should make more money.
I said, “Earn and spend money not for yourself, but for people who face poverty and discrimination.”
This is exactly the idea of desire in esoteric Buddhism, and it was the splendid sermon of the Dalai Lama, saying that the act of “making money” itself has no right or wrong, and it is a state of distress or bodhisattva depending on its purpose.

Such a change in the vector of desire is called “affliction is bodhi.”
So, desire means that it can be both poison and medicine depending on its use.

It was Fujigakuin Keisei.

What Buddhism says about nothing is not zero.
Place yourself on your left palm. Place someone else on the palm of your right hand. I'm going to make this one. Hi, this is none. It is also called gassho.
1-1 = 0 is not empty.
1+1 = nothing.

Speaking of why, what does 1 mean to be 1 in the first place? That's because it's a story.
They say right hand left hand, but when we say humans, both right hand and left hand are hidden inside humans. So is it 1 for the right hand and left hand? Is it 1 among humans? and.
When you and I say Earth, you and I hide within the Earth. So, are you me one? Is it 1 on Earth? and.

If you think about it that way, 1 is 1 because the brain defines it as “let's say this is 1,” and there is essentially no such thing as 1. It's the right hand, it's a human, and it's the Earth. So even if you add your right hand and left hand, it's Earth; even if you add you and me, it's Earth; even if you add Earth to Earth, it's Earth. They call it nothing, or Buddha.

That's why I value others as if it were my own. because it's me. Of course it is. That is enlightenment. “I want to be useful to others.” That's fine. splendid.

But on the contrary, others are others. I am me. that's OK. you were bullied. This way of thinking is called the “affliction of idiocy”, in other words, the affliction of foolishness. No, that's self-harm...
Or someone else is someone else. I am me. that's OK. If it's for the benefit of others, it's fine if it's about me. This is actually the same idea as “being bullied.” “I want to be useful to others.” that's hypocritical.

a state of nothlessness? I've watched too many anime like that. It's spiritual training in the thirteenth generation Ishizu Goemon or something.

“For myself” and “for others” become one. There is true kindness there.