“To Thine Own Self Be True”



Monday, January 24, 2011

Teacher & Guru

A Teacher Takes Responsibility of Your Growth
A Guru Makes You Responsible For Your Growth

A Teacher Gives You Things You Do Not Have and Require
A Guru Takes Away Things You Have and Do Not Require

A Teacher Answers Your Questions
A Guru Questions Your Answers

A Teacher Helps You Get Out Of the Maze
A Guru Destroys the Maze

A Teacher Requires Obedience and Discipline from the Pupil
A Guru Requires Trust and Humility from the Pupil

A Teacher Clothes You and Prepares You for the Outer Journey
A Guru Strips You Naked and Prepares You for the Inner Journey

A Teacher Is a Guide on the Path
A Guru Is a Pointer to the Way

A Teacher Sends You on the Road to Success
A Guru Sends You on the Road to Freedom

A Teacher Explains the World and Its Nature to You
A Guru Explains Yourself and Your Nature to You

A Teacher Makes You Understand How to Move About In the World
A Guru Shows You Where You Stand In Relation to the World

A Teacher Gives You Knowledge and Boosts Your Ego
A Guru Takes Away Your Knowledge and Punctures Your Ego

A Teacher Instructs You
A Guru Constructs You

A Teacher Sharpens Your Mind
A Guru Opens Your Mind

A Teacher Shows You the Way to Prosperity
A Guru Shows the Way to Serenity

A Teacher Reaches Your Mind
A Guru Touches Your Soul

A Teacher Gives You Knowledge
A Guru Makes You Wise

A Teacher Gives You Maturity
A Guru Returns You to Innocence

A Teacher Instructs You on How to Solve Problems
A Guru Shows You How to Resolve Issues

A Teacher Is a Systematic Thinker
A Guru Is a Lateral Thinker

A Teacher Will Punish You with a Stick
A Guru Will Punish You with Compassion

A Teacher Is To Pupil What a Father Is To Son
A Guru Is To Pupil What Mother Is To Her Child

One Can Always Find a Teacher
But A Guru Has To Find and Accept You

A Teacher Leads You by the Hand
A Guru Leads You by Example

When A Teacher Finishes With You, You Graduate
When A Guru Finishes With You, You Celebrate

When The Course Is Over You Are Thankful To the Teacher
When The Discourse Is Over You Are Grateful To the Guru