【亲近善知识 Relying on The Excellent Teacher】亲近胜利者 The benefits of relying on the teacher P16

【亲近胜利者】

【《地藏经》云：「彼摄受者，应经无量俱胝劫中，流转恶趣所有诸业，然于现法因疾疫等，或飢馑等，损恼身心而能消除，下至呵责，或唯梦中亦能清净。】

因为你承事、供养善知识，结果那些恶业，就在现法当中，就是我们现生受一点小小的病苦，乃至于饿一点，换句话说，身心上面稍微一点的损恼——清除掉了!
所以前面一再告诉我们，我们亲近善知识，要「视为庄严，莫觉如担」哪！我们现在千万不要亲近善知识，还自己觉得这个不行、这个不好，住又住得不舒服，吃又吃得不痛快，等一下这个热又不行，冷又不行。这个完全是内心腐烂之相，这个是对我们一种最大损失啊！除了这个以外，下至呵斥，这个善知识对我们的呵斥，这样。
这个呵斥那段公案，我建议你们看的那些祖师的传记，在在都说明。其实除了这个呵责以外，其他很多的苦恼，身心上的苦恼，对我们就是最大的收获、最大的庄严。「或唯梦中亦能清净」，这是消除罪障的那一面。

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日常师父法语 21A 13’44”手抄稿第三册 P151LL1

21A 13’44” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P151LL1
English Lamrim Vol 1, P88

【The benefits of relying on the teacher】

【As the Sutra of Ksitigarbha says: 
Those whom the teachers care for will purify the karma that would otherwise cause them to wander through the miserable realms for ten million limitless eons. They purify this karma with harm to their bodies and minds in this lifetime. This harm includes sickness such as an infectious disease with fever and calamities such as famine. They may purify their karma by merely undergoing something as little as a dream or scolding. 】

From you serving and honouring the Teacher, as a result, these bad karmas are exhausted by suffering some small sickness or having to go hungry for a while.  In other words, having suffered a slight harm to the body and mind - these karmas are then expended!

This is why it has been told to us time and again earlier that when we rely on an excellent Teacher, we should "let this be a privilege, not a burden!"  When we rely on an excellent Teacher, we should absolutely not feel this way: I can't do this, this is not good, the living condition is uncomfortable, the food is terrible, and the temperature is too hot or too cold.  All these show a deep corruption of the mind.  This is a great detriment to us!  Other than that, it also includes scolding, the scolding from the excellent Teacher.  It's like that.

In regards to stories on scolding, I suggest that you read the biographies of great past masters.  All of them illustrate this clearly again and again.  In fact, besides scolding, there are also many other torments, torments of the body and mind; those are our greatest gains and greatest privilege.  "They may purify their karma by merely undergoing something as little as a dream or scolding." This is on the aspect of clearing away karmic obstacles.