Role of a Teacher || Acharya Prashant
Transcript
00:00 The teacher's role is to show that a teacher is not needed.
00:04 That is the rightful role of the teacher.
00:06 I repeat, the teacher's role is to show that you are unnecessarily coming to the teacher.
00:11 You are self-sufficient.
00:12 Are the gurus doing that?
00:13 Does it happen that they ensure that people do not return?
00:17 Does it happen that they attack so vigorously that people feel bad?
00:20 The real teacher, at least if you look at the prominent teachers in India, the real
00:25 ones have always been shown carrying weapons.
00:28 They were not pleasing personalities.
00:30 They were not like this.
00:31 In Zen, you have stories of masters who would always be carrying a stick and hit hard.
00:35 Yes, of course.
00:36 They would not please you.
00:37 They would not allow you to go to sleep.
00:38 They would wake you up.
00:39 And if you don't wake up, you get a tight slap.
00:41 But if you are somebody who counts numbers, then you won't be given a slap.
00:45 He won't give you a slap.