Compiled by London swaminathan

Date: 19  June 2016

Post No. 2908

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Who is an Acharya/ teacher? Who is a Guru? Who is an Upadhyaya?

Manu Smrti says:

The twice born man who initiates the pupil and teaches him the Veda together with the ritual texts and the secret texts is called his teacher (2-140)

Upaniiyatu yah sishyam vedamadyaapayet dvijah

Sakalpam sarahasyam ca tam aachaaryam pracakshate (Manu 2-140)

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But a man who teaches one portion of the Veda or even, again, the subsidiary texts of the Vedas, and does it to make a living, is called the instructor.( 2-141)

Ekadesam tu vedasya vedaangaanyapi vaa punah

Yo adyaapayati vrutyartam upaadyaayah sa uchyate

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Nishekaadiini karmaani yah karoti yataa vidhi

Sambaavayati caannena sa vipro gurur ucyate

Guru is the one who helps the person by giving him the food, helps to perform rituals according to the rules.

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Teacher with 10,000 Students!

Muniinaam dasasaahasram yoannadaanaati poshanaat

Adyaapayati viparashirrasau kulapatih smrutah

Kulapati is the one who feeds and teaches 10000 students. Nowadays Kulapati is used for the vice chancellor of a university.

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Definition of a teacher

A teacher is one who has control over his senses, who is above the ‘dwantvas’ (good and bad, agony and ecstasy etc), honest, truthful, pure and sharp witted.

He must know the scriptures and he must follow the rules laid in the scriptures. He must be proficient in Gayatri mantra. He must come from a family of spotless character.

An Acharya is a person who knows the scriptures and its meaning; he makes others to follow the scriptural rules and he himself practises them. He preaches what he practises; and practises what he preaches.

–subham–