Three Kinds of Teachers

[Guest guest]

Swamiji talked about the three different kinds of teachers and the

three different kinds of doctors, in last night's class on

Ramakrishna.

 

There are three kinds of doctors :-

 

1) Prescribes the medicine but does not follow upto see if the

patient has taken the medicine. This is a very ordinary/average

doctor.

2) Prescribes the medicine and goes to great lengths to explain its

efficacy to the patient. This is the "good" doctor.

and

3) The doctor not prescibes the medicine, and explains its efficacy

but if needed would "thump the chest" of the patient and open his

mouth to forcibly feed if necessary. This is the above-average or

excellent kind of doctor.

 

 

Similarly there are three kinds of spiritual teachers :-

 

1) The kind that prescribes a sadhana and does not follow up with the

students. The average teacher.

2) The kind that explains the sadhana and the reasons behind the

sadhana . The good teacher.

3) The kind that makes sure that the students practices the sadhana

even if that means the teacher has to grab his shoulders and force

feed the technique. This is the rare breed of teachers that truly

care about the students .

 

 

Jai Swamiji !