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You mentioned the fact that you are an authorized teacher.
I thought about that and I don’t think it should make any difference.
At the same time it often does make a difference. You ever noticed that?
I mean the way people shrink and turn submissive towards Teachers?
God, I learned to hate that!
That, and the sucking up harder than the rest competition.
So no, I’m not so friendly. Don’t take it personally.
I thought your first blog-entry was okay though.
Except maybe for this lineage thing that you mention.
(Shimano Roshi said, ” This special transmission of Zen is the realization of the Buddha’s enlightenment itself, in one’s own life, in one’s own time. This experience has been realized by Zen students and confirmed by their teachers for over 2500 years.”)
That’s a myth, a lie if you like. It’s not a historic fact.
And that’s why teachers are not unlike the rest of us, they are not superhuman and there’s no reason to treat them any different.
In fact, when a teacher is a decent human being, we’re lucky.