【亲近善知识 Relying on The Excellent Teacher】未依过患者 The faults of not relying on the teacher P12

【未依过患者】

【由不恭敬，沉没法故。」】
所以这个地方，这是我们真正修学佛法的人必须应该了解的。你不是来学佛吗？那看看佛是什么样子的啊？你懂得了这点，你才会了解，为什么桑朴瓦跑到任何地方，听见了两个人讲经，他跑得去听，听完了又说「我得二益」。佛陀不是很明白吗？成了佛了，阿难尊者，阿难尊者还是没了问题的，还是个初果的罗汉，可是讲到两个字，啊！他好高兴，内心当中生起来了——恭敬法。所以我们现在反省一下，我们有没有恭敬啊？等你有了恭敬的话，你怎么可能去毁谤？你怎么可能去嫌恨？没有啦！这里我们要从这个地方去体验，那就开始慢慢地懂了。

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日常师父法语 21B 19’35”手抄稿第三册 P171LL4

21B 19’35” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P171 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1, P90

【for, as a result of not respecting these people, the teachings will disappear from your mind. 】

So this is what we must know as Buddhist practitioners. Aren’t you learning from the Buddha? Take a look at what Buddha is like? If you understand this, then you would know why wherever Sung-Pu-Wa went, when he heard the two people giving the teachings, he went to listen. After he listened, he said, "I received two benefits." Hasn't the Buddha clearly demonstrated this? Even though he had attained Buddhahood, and Ananda, Ananda had not resolved his own issues [had not escaped cyclic existence ]; he was a stream-enterer on the way to arhatship. But as soon as he said those two words [joyous perseverance], the Buddha became so happy. This was generated in his mind – respect for the teaching. So now we should reflect upon ourselves. Do we have respect? If you have respect, then how could you possibly reproach [your teachers]? How could you possibly resent [your teachers]? There will be no more of that! Hence we must experience it for ourselves from here, then we would gradually begin to understand.