The difference between a teacher and student is not that the teacher has read books or taken courses and speaks eloquently about them, but because he himself has tripped and fallen along his path. The teacher has the scars just like everybody else. The difference is the teacher does not pick at the scars while the student is obsessed with them.
The Difference Between a Teacher and a Student
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David Samuel
David Samuel teaches a method for seeing through the conditioning that creates unnecessary suffering. His work draws from direct experience and study across many traditions. About David
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