Teachers Day Special Article

Leaving his guru after a long period of initiation, the shishya asked: "Where shall I find a worthy guru like you who can continue teaching me valuable lessons for life?" The guru replied, “There isn’t a single moment when you are without one.” Confused, the disciple asked, “How so?” Said the guru: “Simply watching your reaction to everything a bird, a leaf, a river, a tear, a smile, a beggar-makes everything your teacher.”

Today, Teachers Day, on the one hand, let’s become aware of the innumerable gurus who’ve taught us many lessons, and, on the other, let’s also realize that no matter who we are, where we go, or what we say or do, each one of us is both, a teacher and a learner.
Long after the words of my teachers have passed through my ears, erased with the passage of years, their works and the witness of their lives remain enshrined in my mind and heart. Many are those whom I’ll never forget not because they were brilliant teachers but simply because they were extraordinary human beings.
True teachers not only train the mind but also touch the heart.
Some quotes on TEACHERS :

1. It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and large sense of that phrase, than to rule a state.

—William Ellery Channing, Preacher and Theologian

2. Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

—Andy Rooney, Journalist

3. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

— Carl Jung

4.The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.

— Dan Rather

5. A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.

— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

6. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

— Mark Van Doren

7. Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

— Jacques Barzun
Happy Teacher's Day!