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.