A good teacher is one whose goal is to make himself unnecessary.

If you always need the teacher, that’s a bad teacher.

If you always need the driving instructor to be in the car, that’s a bad driving instructor.

The goal of a teacher should always be to make himself unnecessary, redundant.

A true teacher cannot have any teaching, except to make you realize that the teacher was never needed

That you already had everything in you

When you take swimming lessons, the teacher doesn’t swim on behalf of you

The better the teacher, the faster you start swimming by yourself

Some teachers pretend that they are good by making you rely on them forever

You also feel good because you feel your teacher is really dedicated to you

But those are bad teachers.

Your goal is not to admire the teacher.

Your goal is to be independent.

And that’s the greatest reward you can offer your teacher.

By making him redundant.

By becoming independent.

Kill the Buddha!