Duty of the teacher
Expressions researched:
",duty of the teacher,"
|"is the duty of the teacher"
|"duty of the teachers"
|"teacher's duty"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 7
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Guest (1): How can I be devotee if I don't...
Prabhupada: That is, that is Krsna is teaching, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66], that you have (to) understand. You have to learn Bhagavad-gita nicely, that's all.
Guest (2): Excuse me. Your honor, sir, what is the duty of the perfect master?
Prabhupada: To teach the rascals (laughter). The students are all rascals, and the teacher's duty, to educate him properly, that is.
Guest (2): Is not the perfect master, when come to the Earth, prophet, he showed to the God?
Prabhupada: You were asking what is the duty of the master and teacher.
Guest (2): Yes.
Prabhupada: The teacher's duty is to make right the rascals, that's all.
Guest (2): When is the perfect mast...
Prabhupada: So, first of all this is the duty of the teacher. So, therefore, a disciple should consider himself, that he's a rascal, and then he goes to a teacher. If he thinks himself, that he is quite all right, he does not require a teacher.Sri Isopanisad Lectures
Correspondence
1969 Correspondence
1970 Correspondence
Conversations and Morning Walks
1972 Conversations and Morning Walks
Bob: What do you think is the proper duty of the teacher?
Prabhupada: No more. Huh?
Bob: What is the proper duty of the teacher in society? Let's say a science teacher. What should he be doing in the classroom?
Prabhupada: Classroom, you should simply teach about Krsna.
Bob: He should not teach about...
Prabhupada: No, that will include everything. But his aim should be how to know Krsna.
Bob: Can a scientist teach the science of combining acid and alkaline and this kind of science with Krsna as its object?
Prabhupada: How it can be?
Bob: If you... When one studies science, one finds general tendencies of nature, and these general tendencies of nature point to a controlling force.1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Page Title: | Duty of the teacher |
Compiler: | Syamananda, Visnu Murti |
Created: | 19 of feb, 2008 |
No. of Quotes: | 10 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=4, Con=3, Let=2 |