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

Realize who is in front of themRecognize if the person evenbelongs there with themRecognize the limitations of theirown teaching and who it is rightfor and not right forBe willing to send the student towhere or to whom they need to goUpdate teachings, metaphors,enquiries and Koans to make themrelevant to your own time andplace.Zen Saying: “The chick and the henmust be of one mind, tapping andpecking in unison.”The teacher through interaction,dialogue and relationship, probesthe students’ positions and ideasand probes the edges of theirunderstanding, then and only thenapplying the right antidote todissolve the “I” which is imaginedto be stuck in a fixed position.A fixed position is the idea thatthe position or understandingexperienced by the student as“this is it” or “this is me” must21