The Real Teacher || Acharya Prashant
Full video: How to Tell True Teachers From the False || Acharya Prashant
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00:00The teacher's role is to show that a teacher is not needed.
00:05That is the rightful role of the teacher.
00:07The real teacher, at least if you look at the prominent teachers in India, the real
00:12ones have always been shown carrying weapons.
00:15They were not pleasing personalities.
00:17They were not like this.
00:19In Zen, you have stories of masters who would always be carrying a stick and hit hard.
00:23Yes, of course.
00:24They would not please you.
00:25They would not allow you to go to sleep.
00:26They would wake you up.
00:27And if you don't wake up, you get a tight slap.
00:30But if you are somebody who counts numbers, then you won't be given a slap.
00:35He won't give you a slap.
00:36The real teacher would never be too acceptable.
00:40He would not look like a pleasing fatherly figure.
00:44Because only that pleases you, which allows you to continue you as you.
00:51And the teacher's responsibility is to not to let you continue as you.