The Meeting with a Dhamma Master : หน้า 114/164 Explore the teachings of a Dhamma Master about patience, ordination, and the role of teachers in nurturing morality.
In 'Meetings with a Dhamma Master,' the importance of individualized Dhamma teachings is highlighted. Just as the Buddha demonstrated patience with his students, teachers today must equally nurture each learner's understanding. Ordination allows men to expand their horizons and engage in good works, whereas marriage may limit one's perspective. Effective teaching begins with creating a calm educational environment, and teachers play a crucial role in instilling moral values in students. They can guide individuals towards a life of goodness, impacting them profoundly. The concept of 'boon' is introduced as pure, unseen energy contributing to positive outcomes in life. Overall, the text emphasizes the need for patience, understanding, and the nurturing roles of both teachers and parents in shaping character.
หัวข้อประเด็น
-Individualized Dhamma teachings -Role of monks and ordination -Importance of teacher patience -Creation of boon -Impact of educators on morality
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Meetings with a Dhamma Master
systemized, or categorized, the Dhamma, and he was able to individualize the lessons so
that the people He was talking to would have the ears to hear, and the wisdom to understand what He was saying.
Some people need more teaching than others. There are some people who heard the Buddha say one word and became an Arahant. But other people need more teachings in order to understand the Dhamma. So teachers have to have patience with their students when they teach them just as the Buddha had patience with the people that He taught.
Q: Why should men ordain as monks?
A: Ordaining allows the mind to expand and it is an opportunity to do good works. Monks will be able to create boon. When a man ordains, then his eyes can see the horizon. But when he is married, he cannot see the horizon but only sees one face. His mind retracts and becomes smaller. A monk has the strength to carry an elephant, but when he is married everything shrinks and becomes smaller.
Q: Is there any way to teach the teachings of the Buddha easily?
A: You need to be calm and still and allow the students to be the same. This is why those five minutes of meditation in the beginning of class will allow your students to have a clearer mind to receive your teachings.
The role of the teacher is not an easy one: That is, the patience and ability to develop morality in children. No matter how good a doctor is, they cannot resurrect a person with medicine. But the teacher can resurrect a student from death: The teacher can bring the student back to live in goodness again because the teacher can re-train students in good habits. Parents, of course, retain the first role as teachers to guide their children in right from wrong, good from bad. But the knowledge that is instilled in children from their teachers is used for the rest of their lives.
Q: What is boon?
A: Boon is pure energy. You cannot see it, but you know that it is there. Boon always gives good energy. You create boon, put the good energy into the universe, and then boon comes back to you.