Please forgive me my wish to elaborate...
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Lynn Seiser wrote:
I did not know its actually meant "model".
IMHO, it isn't that we all should or shouldn't be models, but simply the fact that we all are.
Some of us will be a model for what to do (or how to live) and some will be a model for what not to do (or how not to live).
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The way I understand "shihan" is that it reflects a person that (positively) inspires people to improve themselves; is exemplary in his/her ways. The term "role model" would perhaps somehow fit. But please do not take it too literal
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Unfortunately, not everyone has the discernment to make the distinction of the "wisdom to know the difference".
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Many have already indicated the importance of a good teacher (shihan). But I hasten to add to not blindly 'follow' your teacher.
