Can you tell us what makes a good Dhamma server? You become a good Dhamma server by doing good Dhamma service. Good Dhamma service is done when your volition is that those who have come to the course should benefit. You are not serving in order to increase your ego by behaving like a police officer, shouting at those who are not working according to discipline. If you behave like that, the unwholesome sa�khāras that you create will harm the students. Make wholesome sa�khāras, full of mettā, and you will become a very good Dhamma server. Can you tell us what makes a good trustee? One who is trustworthy is a trustee. Get established in Dhamma and become a trustworthy person. The purpose of serving as a trustee is to spread Dhamma, to serve Dhamma. It is not a position of power or status. It is madness to think, Now I am a trustee I have a certain power so I can take this action. No, you have no power, you only have an opportunity to serve people.After one, two or three years each trustee has to resign and another person is given the opportunity to serve. One reason for this policy is to give more and more people the opportunity to gain merits by serving Dhamma as a trustee. Another reason is that once a trustee has stepped down we can examine how much this person has really developed in Dhamma. Is the same amount of service still being given? If not then he or she has not learned Dhamma, and previously the service was not to Dhamma but to the position, to one’s own ego. If someone who is no longer a trustee continues to give the same amount of service, then it is clear that this person is developing in Dhamma. Can you tell us what makes a good assistant teacher? If one serves in a proper way one is a good assistant teacher. How does one serve properly? The position of assistant teacher is not to inflate the ego; it is a chance to serve people, to develop one’s pāramis. There must not be a trace of ego in the teacher. One is serving others so one should be filled with humbleness and mettā. For this purpose we ask that every assistant and teacher should serve one course either as a course manager or as an ordinary server. The teacher’s ego is deflated by this service, and others see that this is a wonderful tradition where the teachers also serve. This is good for the teacher and good for others.There is only one yardstick to measure an assistant teacher: If the ego is increasing and the behaviour is becoming rough and rude, this person is not a good Dhamma teacher. If the ego is decreasing and the teacher is full of love and compassion, one is a good Dhamma teacher. The whole idea is to serve more and more people in Dhamma. ~SNG!!!
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:49:24 +0000
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