Otto, the best advice I can give is to give up your idea of what a teacher is and actually go and train with one for a few years.
Genryu ----- Original Message ----- From: Otto Fritz Kevlar To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [Zen] What is a Teacher? "Rev Genryu" ..> wrote: > A genuine teacher is not interested in whether you soar above the forest in your mind, except inasmuch as that is a distraction and a delusion. What they are interested in is whether you can let go of that, and see what's directly in front of you, right now, right here.> If a teacher is interested in helping his student see something that he did not see, then the teacher is expanding the student's mind to soar above the forest of his mind. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
