Monday, January 17, 2005

TRUE TEACHERS?

A man once approached the Baal Shem Tov and asked him how he could tell true teachers from charlatans. The founder of Hasidism (not solely "a famous kabbalist") answered as follows. He said, ask the teacher if he knows how to banish machshavot ra’ot, or evil thoughts. If he says he has the secret, the Baal Shem Tov continued, he is a fraud.

posted by Paschal Baute @ 1:19 PM  

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