A Guru & A Teacher :)

A teacher takes responsibility of your growth.

A Guru makes you responsible for your growth.

A teacher answers your questions.

A Guru questions your answers.

A teacher requires obedience and discipline from the pupil.

A Guru requires trust and humility from the pupil.

 

A teacher clothes you and prepares you for the outer journey.

A Guru strips you naked and prepares you for the inner journey.

A teacher is a guide on the path.
A Guru is a pointer to the way.

A teacher sends you on the road to success.
A Guru sends you on the road to freedom.

A teacher explains the world and its nature to you.
A Guru explains yourself and your nature to you.

A teacher makes you understand how to move about in the world.
A Guru shows you where you stand in relation to the world.

A teacher gives you knowledge and boosts your ego.
A Guru takes away your knowledge and punctures your ego.

A teacher instructs you.

A Guru constructs you.

A teacher sharpens your mind.
A Guru opens your mind.

A teacher shows you the way to prosperity.
A Guru shows the way to serenity.

A teacher reaches your mind.
A Guru touches your soul.

A teacher gives you knowledge.
A Guru makes you wise.

A teacher gives you maturity.
A Guru returns you to innocence.

A teacher instructs you on how to solve problems.

A Guru shows you how to resolve issues.

A teacher is a systematic thinker.
A Guru is a lateral thinker.

A teacher will punish you with a stick.
A Guru will punish you with compassion.

A teacher is to pupil what a father is to son.
A Guru is to pupil what mother is to her child.

One can always find a teacher.

But a Guru has to find and accept you.

A teacher leads you by the hand.

A Guru leads you by example.

When a teacher finishes with you, you graduate.
When a Guru finishes with you, you celebrate.

When the course is over you are thankful to the teacher.

When the discourse is over you are Grateful to the Guru :)