1. Relying On The Teacher
The Root of the Path
*Elaborate explanation for
developing certain knowledge
1. characteristics of the teacher
2. characteristics of the student
3. How to rely upon the teacher?
4. The benefits
5. Disadvantages of not relying
*Sustain the meditation

2. The importance of teacher
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where is influence
stops.---Henry Adams
• A good teacher is like a candle.
• Teachers guide us the way to the spiritual lifted.
• It is sufficient to learn the activities of this life by watching
others, but you will not learn them well without an instructor.
• How can we succeed in traveling to a place where we have never
been without a teacher?

3. Teacher is like a candle
• A good teacher is like a candle-it consumes
itself to light the way for others.
• The excellent teacher is the source of all
temporary happiness and certain
goodness.
• A teacher’s primary duty is to impart
education to his/her students, on subjects
that would help in sharpening their
practical, social, cultural, and creative
cognizance.
• A good teacher is one who enforces a
sense of management in his/her students,
be it management of time, space, material
resources, or conflict.

4. Teachers guide us the way to the spiritual
lifted.
• A teacher has the power
to compel students to
spend many hours living
in the light, or the shadow,
of the teacher’s inner life.
*Group Discussion

5. It is sufficient to learn the activities of this life by
watching others, but you will not learn them well
without an instructor.
• Can you learn to ride
without learning lesson?
• Give more examples

6. Without a teacher, how can we succeed in traveling
to a place where we have never been?
• What makes this statement?-Discuss

7. Watch video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l48FyAmQNOc
• Group Discussion

8. The Characteristics of the Student
The one who is /has ：
---Nonpartisan
---Intelligence
---Diligence
---Two other qualities: Being focused and
Having respect

9. Nonpartisan
• means not to take sides. If you are partisan,
you will be obstructed by your bias and will
not recognize good qualities. Because of this,
you will not discover the meaning of good
teachings.

10. Intelligence
• The mental force to distinguish
between correct paths of good
explanation and counterfeit paths
of false explanation, you are not
fit to listen to the teachings.

11. Diligence
• listening to the teachings,
active to learn.

12. Conclusion of relying on the teacher
• What can we get from relying on the teacher? Advantages.
• We become closer to enlightenment.
• We please all the Buddhas.
• Harmful forces and misleading friends cannot affect us.
• Our afflictions and faulty behavior decrease.
• We gain meditative experiences and stable realizations.
• We won’t lack spiritual teachers in future lives.
• We won’t take a lower rebirth.
• All our temporary and ultimate goals will be realized.