The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

in the place where he or she canbenefit most from the teaching.Like Homeopathy, the rightmedicine must be given to theright disease.A teacher must first be able todiagnose the disease before he canprescribe the right medicine.Spotting the “Stuck States”or “Stations”To begin with, there is nocorrelation between being a “good”teacher and the “realization” ofwho you are.Most people believe that withrealization comes the ability toteach. This is not the case. Inthe Zen tradition there are ZenMasters and there are TeachingMasters, i.e. those who canactually teach.A Zen teacher, or a teacher in anyform of yoga, spiritual process orpsychotherapeutic process, mustfirst be able to realize who it isthat is in front of them, theirown (the teacher’s) limitations16