doerless

doerless

English

Etymology

doer +‎ -less

Adjective

doerless (not comparable)

1. Not involving a doer.
   • 1898, Sarat Chandra Das, "Buddhist Account of the Four Vedas", Journal of the Buddhist Text and Anthropological Society, page 9:

     If you still assert that a deed is being done then that deed must be regarded as doerless.

   • 1999, Sharon Salzberg, Voices of Insight‎:

     Silence in action is the doerless doing that we've spoken of before, in which you just wash the dishes, just vacuum the floor.

   • 1999, David Guy, The Red Thread of Passion‎, page 124:

     Wu wei is the principle of following the Tao, the doerless doing with which Sabro Hasegawa created a work of art and out of which the great spiritual masters live their lives.