disciple:
(plural: ‘disciples‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘di’ rhyme with the letters ‘di’ in “dip”; the letters ‘sci’ rhyme with ‘si’ in “site”; and the letters ‘ple’ rhyme the ‘ple’ in “people”)
Lord Buddha & His disciples
a person who follows some teacher, especially a religious teacher or guru, or some philosophy/ideas of a great person;
a follower of a particular spiritual teacher or guru or godman; an adherent,
(usually with a capital “D”) one of the first twelve followers of Jesus Christ, also called ‘Apostles’ – Peter, John, Mathew, etc.,
Palot, the master (L) and Aristotle, the disciple (R)
Plato was the disciple of Socrates, and Aristotle was the disciple of Plato.
The Disciples of Jesus and the Buddha spread the teachings of their Masters all over the world.
These days it has become a common practice for false spiritual leaders to have some disciples, most of them are employees getting paid for their services, and start preaching about sin, evil and hell to the masses, and these disciples spread the greatness of their leader like the sales persons who directly and indirectly advertise the products of the company they work for!
