Relying On The Teacher

The Root of the Path

*Elaborate explanation for developing certain knowledge1. characteristics of the teacher2. characteristics of the student3. How to rely upon the teacher?4. The benefits5. Disadvantages of not relying*Sustain the meditation

The importance of teacher

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where is influence stops.---Henry Adams

• A good teacher is like a candle.

• Teachers guide us the way to the spiritual lifted.

• It is sufficient to learn the activities of this life by watching others, but you will not learn them well without an instructor.

• How can we succeed in traveling to a place where we have never been without a teacher?

Teacher is like a candle

• A good teacher is like a candle-it consumes itself to light the way for others.

• The excellent teacher is the source of all temporary happiness and certain goodness.

• A teacher’s primary duty is to impart education to his/her students, on subjects that would help in sharpening their practical, social, cultural, and creative cognizance.

• A good teacher is one who enforces a sense of management in his/her students, be it management of time, space, material resources, or conflict.

Teachers guide us the way to the spiritual lifted.

• A teacher has the power to compel students to spend many hours living in the light, or the shadow, of the teacher’s inner life.

*Group Discussion

It is sufficient to learn the activities of this life by watching others, but you will not learn them well without

an instructor.

• Can you learn to ride without learning lesson?

• Give more examples

Without a teacher, how can we succeed in traveling to a place where we have never been?

• What makes this statement?-Discuss

Watch video

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l48FyAmQNOc

• Group Discussion

The Characteristics of the Student

The one who is /has ：---Nonpartisan ---Intelligence---Diligence---Two other qualities: Being focused and Having respect

Nonpartisan

• means not to take sides. If you are partisan,

you will be obstructed by your bias and will

not recognize good qualities. Because of this,

you will not discover the meaning of good

teachings.

Intelligence

• The mental force to distinguish between correct paths of good explanation and counterfeit paths of false explanation, you are not fit to listen to the teachings.

Diligence

• listening to the teachings, active to learn.

Conclusion of relying on the teacher

• What can we get from relying on the teacher? Advantages.• We become closer to enlightenment.• We please all the Buddhas.• Harmful forces and misleading friends cannot affect us.• Our afflictions and faulty behavior decrease.• We gain meditative experiences and stable realizations.• We won’t lack spiritual teachers in future lives.• We won’t take a lower rebirth.• All our temporary and ultimate goals will be realized.