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Single Idea 8151

[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching ]

Full Idea

Let your teacher be a god to you.

Gist of Idea

Let your teacher be a god to you

Source

Anon (Upan) (The Upanishads [c.950 BCE], 'Taittiriya')

Book Ref

'The Upanishads', ed/tr. Prabhavananda /Manchester [Mentor 1957], p.54

A Reaction

Yes indeed. The problem in the west is that we are committed to encouraging a critical and questioning attitude. A high value for knowledge must precede a high value for a teacher.

The 18 ideas from 'The Upanishads'

8156 The gods are not worshipped for their own sake, but for the sake of the Self [Anon (Upan)]
8157 A man with desires is continually reborn, until his desires are stilled [Anon (Upan)]
8159 Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate! [Anon (Upan)]
8158 Do not seek to know Brahman by arguments, for arguments are idle and vain [Anon (Upan)]
8152 Earth, food, fire, sun are all forms of Brahman [Anon (Upan)]
8155 Without speech we cannot know right/wrong, true/false, good/bad, or pleasant/unpleasant [Anon (Upan)]
8153 By knowing one piece of clay or gold, you know all of clay or gold [Anon (Upan)]
8154 Originally there must have been just Existence, which could not come from non-existence [Anon (Upan)]
8147 We have an apparent and a true self; only the second one exists, and we must seek to know it [Anon (Upan)]
8144 Brahman is the Uncaused Cause [Anon (Upan)]
8142 The wise prefer good to pleasure; the foolish are drawn to pleasure by desire [Anon (Upan)]
8143 Self is the rider, intellect the charioteer, mind the reins, and body the chariot [Anon (Upan)]
8146 The immortal in us is the part that never sleeps, and shapes our dreams [Anon (Upan)]
8145 Those ignorant of Atman return as animals or plants, according to their merits [Anon (Upan)]
8149 Charity and ritual observance distract from the highest good of religion [Anon (Upan)]
8150 The immortal Self and the sad individual self are like two golden birds perched on one tree [Anon (Upan)]
8148 Brahma, supreme god and protector of the universe, arose from the ocean of existence [Anon (Upan)]
8151 Let your teacher be a god to you [Anon (Upan)]