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Disciple
Known disciple (Latin students) who follows the teachings of a master.
Summary |
- This term is often used to describe those who followed Jesus Christ , whose twelve apostles.
- It also means Seventy disciples sent by Christ to preach the Gospel ( Lk 10: 1-24 ).
- Plato was a famous disciple of the equally famous Socrates. Aristotle was Plato's pupil before becoming his enemy.
- Followers of a guru in the Hinduism are called shishya (Sanskrit).
- In Buddhism and Jainism , the disciples were called Shravaka (Sanskrit) or Savaka (Pali).
- In Sufism , the disciple is called a Murid (Arabic Muridae).
- Renowned artists have long had students were called disciples. Leonardo da Vinci is one of those teachers whose followers were numerous ( Salai , Francesco Melzi ).
- Two comic book writers, Turk and De Groot , created a hit series Leonardo around this theme and in which we see the disciple scapegoat Basil undergo engineering and moods of Leonardo da Vinci.
The concept of discipleship today
If the concept of discipleship was widespread and respected in antiquity and even today in India, today it is controversial in the West. The sacredness of the relation of master to his disciple has been marred in recent years by accusations of abuse.
External links and bibliography
- The Inner Master: The Master, the disciple towards Karlfried Drckheim von, ed. Courrier du Livre.
- Master and disciple of JP Witkin, ed. Marval, the transmission in art
- Guru guru you said? Mariana Caplan, ed. Round Table on the adventures of master to disciple today.
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