Don't
pay mere lip service, try to be yourselves a pattern for the children. The
Dharma teachers should try to live up to what they teach to the children. We
must be ourselves a pattern of tidiness, of exertion, when we try to implant
these virtues in the children. The very life and deportment of the Dharma
teacher has a tremen-dous influence upon the children, who generally look up to
the Dharma teacher to regulate their behaviour.
Conclusion—Lord
Buddha says " The Dharma-gift excels all gifts ". When we impart
Buddhism to the children, we sow the Dharma seed upon a field green with hope
and rich in sap. It is a gesture that conveys so noble and lofty a meaning. We
need only earnest attention, sincere endeavour and brotherly love of the
children committed to our charge. And how happy we are, when we discover in
their eyes, the reflection of Buddha's compassion, and on their faces, the
light of wisdom of our Enlightened One.
They who
yield to their desires Down the stream of craving swim As we see the spider run
In the net himself hath spun. Wise men cut the net and go Free from craving,
free from woe. Loose all behind, between, before, Cross thou to the other
shore. With thy mind on all sides free Birth and death no more shalt see.
Source: Buddhist School Lessons by The venerable Sumangala
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