“Sometimes people beg me to certify their understanding of the dharma. As long as you have to ask others for their approval, you’re not authentic. Still there are some who believe they’ve got satori because someone else gave them a certificate for it. If you’re already there, why ask others for directions?
You’ve heard that wine makes people drunk, and now you’re pretending your drunk and believe that you’ve really drunk wine. That’s also one of these forms of ‘satori’.”
