Student: Where did that mistake (the small self) come from?
SR: That mistake? That is not actually a mistake, you know [loud laughter]. That is all right. But you may ask me why I say mistake. That is a one-sided view [laughs]. You don’t see things as it is because you stick to a one-sided view [laughs]. Okay?
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-04-08 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.