U Kyaw Moe Myint (Myanmar) - Secondary Level Honors Essays

There are three types of teachers: teachers who teach, teachers who see, and teachers who hear. Teachers who teach are “teachers who teach by direct physical contact.” Teachers who see are “teachers who learn by seeing and hearing what someone is doing.” Teachers who hear are “teachers who learn by hearing what someone is saying and reading.” The Research and Demonstration Dictionary explains this in detail. No matter how you define them, teachers are “people who look at the past with love, compassion, and compassion, who are always patient, who do not hold grudges, who say yes, and who are willing to correct.”

Ancient scholars said that a teacher must be filled with the three qualities of “devotion, passion, and sacrifice.” A teacher must be passionate about teaching. He must have a good attitude towards his students. He must be obedient when it comes to the students’ welfare. He must be a reader so that he can teach with ease. He must put the best of his students first and not feel that it is tiring, and he must be able to teach with full kindness. Only then can he be called a “good teacher of the Ananta Ananta sect.”

In addition, teachers should be endowed with the six virtues of “being alert, compassionate, patient, and supportive.” They should also practice and live in harmony with the seven noble virtues of “faith, morality, wisdom, sagacity, wisdom, wisdom, and steadfastness.” Then, in addition, they should act in harmony with the five teacher ethics of “teaching, instructing, not neglecting knowledge, preventing danger, and guiding.” Only then will they be placed in the same class as the Buddha, on the same level as their parents, and loved and respected by their disciples.

The Myanmar dictionary defines a teacher as “a person who gives education, instructs, or guides, or is skilled in a particular skill or profession.” It is also said that parents are the first teachers of a person. Parents teach their children their religion, language, beliefs, and culture from the time their eyes and ears open. This is a tradition. From the time they are young, parents must teach and listen to their children. The saying “Children are not good parents” testifies to the fact that parents are teachers.

The teachers are people of great compassion and love. When the children arrive at school, they are taught to be happy and to learn. “When the children arrive at school, the teacher will write like this, with a soft voice, with a soft hand, with a soft hand, with the middle hand, with the thumb, with the index finger closed, with the thumb pressed, with the thumb raised, with the thumb pressed, with the thumb pressed,” and the teacher will begin teaching them with a calm voice. These are the first blessings of the teachers.

Teachers do not just teach their students skills. They also have to guide them so that they can grow up to be polite and polite, and to be brave and courageous in the midst of the competition. “A potter, when he makes a pot, he does not break it,” “When he is born, he is wise, and the mother gives birth to a child, and he teaches him, and whatever teacher, I tell him, makes him clever, and wishes him well.” The grace of teachers’ guidance and discipline is extremely great.

The ancient sages compared their teachers to a sword and a stone. The students became sharp like a sword, but the sword and the stone gradually became thinner. Some also compared their teachers to candles. They used to show how they grew shorter and shorter, and grew older and older, while spreading light for their students. They were happy to see their students grow and prosper, and their positions and honors rise. This is why the proverb “There are no students, no money, and they eat the pot and are strong” has emerged to describe the merits of teachers.

It seems that it is a rare thing to find a good teacher in the world and study with him. If the teacher is good, the students are more knowledgeable than the teacher. If the teacher teaches well, the students learn easily. If the teacher teaches well, the students also learn clearly and clearly. Even if it is a ruby, it can only be used in the crown of the king if it is in the hands of a good teacher. Therefore, nowadays, parents choose good schools for their children. Students also choose good teachers and study.

The importance of finding a good teacher in the world has been demonstrated by many examples. The learned Angulimala was completely destroyed by a bad teacher. By chance, he met the good teacher Buddha and became an arahant who had perfected the Dhamma. King Bimbisara's biological son, Ajata, met the bad teacher Devadatta and became a monk, and his adopted son Jivaka met the Buddha and became famous for being "the best in medicine". Therefore, choosing a teacher in the world is very important so that it does not happen that "if you lose everything once, if you lose your husband, you will be lost for life, if you lose your teacher, you will be lost forever."

Teachers are like gardeners. Just as gardeners water and fertilize the soil to make plants grow, so teachers make their students grow. Prince Thanvara surpassed his ninety-nine predecessors and attained the throne because of the teacher's grace. King Milinda became a Buddhist after meeting the teacher Nagasin. Anawrahta met the teacher Arakan and established Myanmar as a Theravada Buddhist state.

The merit of teachers is great. Many have been ungrateful by rejecting their teachers, and have lost their lives, died, or been disgraced. Bhima was disgraced by rejecting his teacher, Suladhanugga, who was very kind to him. A musician was also disgraced in public by showing disrespect to his teacher.

Narathihapata had exiled the monk Rajasangha, who had placed him on the throne, to Dala, and not only did he lose his life but also the entire country of Bagan was destroyed. There was a time when a monk, thinking that the monk was a beast and shameful, had to defend the monk and pierce his throat with a spear, and died. If one rejected the monk's honor, the monk Mangyaw said, "Reject the monk, pierce his body with a spear, and let the mantra disappear, and the bricks and stones collapse, and the earth split and swallow him."

The great merit of teachers is shown in the small matter of making fish paste in the kitchen. It is said that even the king, the highest and most important person in the country, has to consult with wise ministers and ask for advice. In this world, there is no one who is without a teacher except the Buddha. Those who receive knowledge from a teacher and hold it in their hands can become good disciples of a good teacher. Just as a person who depends on a Buddha can only blossom, it is important for a person who wants to grow and develop to have a good teacher. In this world, there are many people who are blinded by the color of diamond earrings because they have become attached to a good teacher. This is the merit of the teacher.

The greatness of the teachers is shown in the worldly etiquette, “The shade of the forest is cool. The shade of relatives is cooler than the shade of trees. The shade of parents is cooler than the shade of relatives. The shade of teachers is cooler than the shade of parents.” The shade of teachers also cools the world. It cools life. It is the shade of teachers that cools not only the present life but also the cycle. The greater the gratitude of a person who wants to grow, the more he needs to remember the grace of teachers.