Sincere

I am already 65 years old. Today I became 65. I feel very good about becoming older. And on the other hand, I regret my past practice. I am not so regretful because now we have pretty sincere students here in America. That is a big encouragement for me. On the other hand, why I am regretful is because I am not so good a teacher for you because of my past practice. I try to be sincere, but I find now that I have not been sincere enough [laughs]. That is my feeling. So, I don’t know what to say [laughs].

—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-05-18 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.