--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My dictionary translates homage to mean respect, reverence, and not > surrender. And I understand the quotation in a way that also the > teacher should show homage to the student, give his advice after > repeated inquiry, and do service to others. > > Through wrongly understood devotion many difficult questions and > doubts can get suppressed and the inner process becomes partial or > distorted. Experience shows that the suppressed issues tend to get > acted out elsewhere in a less constructive ways in the student's > and teacher's lives. And I think the teacher should be tested, > or at least his behavior, and the structure of his organization > observed very accurately.
Just as an observation, the only teachers I have ever met who reacted negatively to being "tested" by their students were IMO afraid that they would flunk the test. This includes high Tibetan lamas and recognized tulkus who had *no problem* with their students or drop-in visitors questioning *anything* they said or taught. In contrast to those who *do* react negatively to having their expertise or authority questioned, these guys seemed to *delight* in the "testing." The tougher the questions, the more they seemed to like it. Go figure. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
