| In both the Hinayana and the Mahayana, it is accepted that direct realization of the emptiness of the mind is the realization of the egolessness of the individual. |
| In the Buddhist view, egolessness is pre-existing, beyond our preconceptions. |
| The shaven head denotes purity and egolessness and is said to mitigate past life karma. |
| Indeed, a sacramental vision of dispossession, of egolessness, perfuses Cage's work from first to last. |
