Friend, teacher, dictator
Certainly, in the little circles of Buddhism the clergyman is accepted as the final authority. His word, if the tyro wishes to go on to be the part of of the sold Dharma center, is final. The clergyman doesn't have to provide the reason for his pronouncements. A Dharma teacher's job, supposedly, is to break our ego, which is, break our insurgency to authority. This means, further, which the Buddhist clergyman is not here to assistance us have clarity of the Buddhist criterion including the path to nirvana. About the purpose of the Buddhist teacher, Chgyam Trungpa sums it up nicely who once said: "Thank you for usurpation me as your friend, teacher, dictator"!
To assimilate why management appears in this approach in Dharma centers as well as Zen centers is first to assimilate which any village is defined by usual aspirations, which is, the commonality of goals. Thus, the village such as the Zen center is the construction of people who share certain opinions as well as goals about Zen; who might even share the sold vision of what enlightenment should be; who firmly believe they have been operative to which end. Such the village is never the homogeneous community. It has clear hierarchical structures, each with the degree of authoritythe ultimate management being the clergyman or in Trungpa's words, the dictator.
Above all, with such communities, insurgency to the imposition of management is some-more or reduction frowned upon because it is believed to undermine the community. One's insurgency to the goals as well as aspirations of the village is condensed into the single word, it is egoism. The allowance of self-love can directly plea the teacher's management if, in the little way, it is not contained or done to support the vision as well as goals of the community.
Wishing to conclude, where I am pointing with this is for the good of the beginner or the Buddhist veteran who is looking for the Dharma center to join. Both need to be cautious about which Budd! hist vil lage they might instruct to join. Both contingency do the thorough review to see if they have anything in usual (it improved be about 80 percent or more). All Buddhist centers have been differentnot the single is the same. This means, also, their interpretation of Buddhism is starting to be different. Most importantly, during their conduct is additionally the "friend, teacher, dictator" whose mission it is, is to have sure the goals of the village have been being met. In the final analysis, the beginner or the veteran might only instruct to turn the cloud wandering priest or the nun, similar to in China, as well as investigate many forms of Buddhism meeting, along the way, many teachers. It is the most improved pathdictators have been few.
