Quotes About Teaching

It has truly been said that 'Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.

Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion.

Stages First I thought that a Teacher must be right in all things. Then I imagined that my teacher was wrong in many things. Then I realised what was right and what was wrong. What was wrong was to remain in either of the first two stages. What was right was to convey this to everyone. (Ardabili)

The would-be students wish to transcend books. But, ask yourselves: if someone says that books do not contain wisdom, and yet he writes books; books do not contain Sufism, and yet he continues to publish books on Sufism, what is really happening? It really is your duty, and not mine, to ask and to find the answer to that question, if you are interested enough.

The teaching must, of course, work with the best part of the individual, must be directed to his or her real capacity.

Sufi Teachers are not, as you might hope, people who make you feel peace and harmony.

Teaching One hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer.

Whoever has taught me one letter has made me his slave.

HE is a Master who may teach without it being totally labelled teaching; HE is a student who can learn without being obsessed by learning.

Humility has to precede instruction.

The totality of life cannot be understood, so runs Sufi teaching, if it is studied only through the methods which we use in everyday living.

Dicho del Profeta Soy como un hombre que ha encendido una hoguera y todas las cosas vivientes han corrido a quemarse en ella.

SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGAN RUDBARI : Heart to heart is an essential means of passing on the secrets of the Path.

Yo anhelaba enseñar, pero tuve que esperar a que el deseo se desvaneciera antes de que pudiese hacerlo realmente.

Sufism is education, in that it has a body of knowledge which it transmits to those who have not got it.

Nothing can defile the Sufi, and he in fact purifies everything." Abu-Turab al-Nakhsabi.

If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.

Sandalias. Al maestro sufi Ghulam-Shah se le preguntó qué patrón utilizaba al formular sus cursos para discípulos. Dijo: "Descalzo hasta que puedas obtener sandalias, sandalias hasta que puedas valerte de botas".

Correct teaching brings out human excellence.

Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots.

SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGAN GURGANI: The teacher and the taught together produce the teaching.

Los Sufis no están aquí para satisfacer una demanda. Existen para compartir lo que tienen. Estas dos cosas no son siempre lo mismo.

La humildad es una maestra de sí misma. Se aprende por medio de su misma práctica.

La humildad tiene que preceder a la instrucción.