Without a good teacher-student relationship, it is very hard for the teaching naturally. The teaching really depends on that connection. The teacher has to be inspired to teach that subject. Sometimes students request and recite long life prayers for their teachers. In one way, those prayers are important. But the most important thing for a teacher is that his or her students have respect and appreciation. That is much more important than any prayer for a teacher's long life. Having respect and appreciation for the teacher is the most important long life prayer. You don't need any other prayer than that. If you don't have respect and appreciation, a long life prayer don't help much. If a student don't have respect and appreciation it is impossible to teach. In order to teach, the teacher needs to be inspired. He or she needs to really want to teach that subject. They need to feel like they have a good container to pour that teaching into. Otherwise, if something ...