In reflecting on the upcoming Dharma transmission and empowerment of a new teacher at Eon Zen, Gyodo Sensei offers a talk on the nature of the teacher-student relationship in Zen practice. The fundamental technique of Zen focuses on directing, deepening, and maintaining the quality of attention. This approach is the result of thousands of years of trial and error by practitioners studying themselves and discovering what is effective on the path of awakening through their own lived experience. A teacher functions like a mirror, encouraging us to trust ourselves at the deepest level. Who is our true teacher? Look in the mirror!