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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Judging

Niels: Will you please tell me why I judge myself and others as good and bad students?

SR: You are a good student. There is no need to compare you to someone else. You have your own good quality which no one else has. So, you are independent. And when you become you yourself, you will be with all your friends.

cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-11-11 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.