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During the annual (early) Teacher’s Day lunch gathering organised by friends of Pureland Practice Fellowship on Sunday, which was quite moving to me, I spoke of the need for more leaders in terms of sharing the Dharma, which everyone agreed to. But I also spoke of the challenge of finding and being Dharma mentors. After some reflection a day later, here are some of the criteria I can think of at the moment…<\/p>\n
Ought to Haves:<\/strong><\/p>\n ~ Vast and ever-expanding general knowledge The above list might not be exhaustive. Any more points to add, anyone? Myself strive to meet the suggested criteria. The good news is that practice makes perfect. That’s how we can all become Buddhas, the best of teachers!<\/p>\n Thank you everyone, for the gift of the radio set for listening to translated upcoming Dharma talks in India. And thank you for sharing with me on how my Dharma sharing has made a difference in your lives. May we strive on together to make Pureland Practice Fellowship an ideal avenue for fellow Buddhist friends to learn and practise the Dharma together. Amituofo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the annual (early) Teacher’s Day lunch gathering organised by friends of Pureland Practice Fellowship on Sunday, which was quite…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[520],"class_list":["post-7193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-teacher","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n~ Great deal of common sense
\n~ Scientific in understanding and outlook
\n~ Good moral conduct, that emulates Bodhisattvas as much as possible
\n~ Proficient and balanced at least in general knowledge of all Buddhist traditions
\n~ Specialises in one key Buddhist tradition of choice
\n~ Learns and practises the Dharma constantly
\n~ Clear diction in teaching
\n~ Good in general English, Chinese, Sanskrit and Pali
\n~ Good general knowledge of religions and philosophies
\n~ Spontaneous
\n~ Humourous
\n~ Courageous
\n~ Responsible
\n~ Open-hearted and open-minded
\n~ Patient with every student
\n~ Compassionate
\n~ In short, exemplary as a model Buddhist<\/p>\n