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    Teaching teachers to teach

    As an educator, I would like to make the following observations:

    1) You cannot not learn and you cannot not teach.
    2) Learning never stops and students are your best teachers.
    3) Without students, there are no teachers as there is no one to teach.
    4) Teaching is very much like raising children. The hope is to raise mature students that can use what they learn well.
    5) Each student is an individual and no shoe size fits all.

    As a student of Zen, I would like to make the following observations:

    1) Students originally have a duality perspective of the world (form vs. form).
    2) Students then develop the singular perspective of the world (form = emptiness and emptiness = form).
    3) Students then perceive reality. Things just as they are (form = form and emptiness = emptiness).
    4) Students then use perceived reality for the greater good of all (beings are innumerable, vow to save them all).

    In the Soto tradition, Shikantaza and didactics are used to teach.

    As I see it, teaching is very difficult because each student's stage of development vacillates back and forth. Of utmost importance is intent. Temperament and patience are also very important.

    As a teacher, what kind of student are you?
    As a student, what kind of teacher are you?

    Remember, you cannot not teach and you cannot not learn.


    My 2 cents.

    Gassho, Jishin, ST

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    I'll tell you one thing I learn and appreciate are your always interesting perspectives on things, Jishin.

    Gassho,

    Risho

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    Mp
    Guest
    In each moment I am a teacher; in each moment a student. Sometimes in each moment I am a teacher and student at once. The foundation of being a teacher, is to always be a student. =)

    Gassho
    Shingen

    s@today

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    Hello,


    As a teacher, what kind of student are you? All and none.


    As a student, what kind of teacher are you? None and all.


    And to begin with, finally:

    " . . . all that is destined for oneself, and oneself is . . . totally insignificant. When one acts in one's interest, one does not have the mind of the Way."

    Commentary on the SONG OF AWAKENING by "Homeless" Kôdô Sawaki


    Gassho
    Myosha
    sat today
    Last edited by Myosha; 11-18-2016 at 07:33 PM.
    "Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"

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    I picked this up for two cents...

    perfume-bottles-2.jpg

    Anyway, my dog had diarrhea and we have wall to wall carpeting. Grumble.

    Gassho
    Daizan

    sat today

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    Hi Jishin

    Here in Brazil there is a band from the 70's called "Novos Baianos", and they have a music which - I think - expresses this point of always being a student/teacher very beautifully, it's called "Mistério do Planeta" (Planet's Mistery) - I'll put the song here:

    "Vou mostrando como sou
    (I go showing how I am)
    E vou sendo como posso
    (And I go being as I can)
    Jogando meu corpo no mundo
    (Throwing my body in the world)
    Andando por todos os cantos
    (Walking through every corner)
    E pela lei natural dos encontros
    (And by the natural law of encounters)
    Eu deixo e recebo um tanto
    (I leave and I receive a bit)
    E passo aos olhos nus
    (And I transmit to naked eyes)
    Ou vestido de lunetas
    (Or dressed in lunets)
    Passado, presente, participo sendo
    (Past, present, (I) participate being)
    O mistério do planeta
    (the mystery of the planet)"

    I really like this music.



    Gassho

    Marcos

    #SatToday
    Last edited by Kyosei; 11-19-2016 at 02:34 PM.
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    Kyōsei

    強 Kyō
    声 Sei

    Namu kie Butsu, Namu kie Ho, Namu kie So.

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