【修持轨理 The Meditation Session】何为所行事 The foundations upon which you act

【修持轨理 - 未修中间如何行者】-正知而行者-何为所行事

前面守护根门，但是我们有一些必须要的行动，那么所有的这个行动，你该怎么个做法。每一部分你该怎么去做，他告诉我们清清楚楚。所以现在我们常常说：哎哟，说他们南传，他们怎么弄、怎么弄，好像很细致啊！我们北传没有吗？绝对有啊！现在我们大家真正重要地方大家也不好好去学，告诉你了也不认真地去行，主要的就这个地方。就是你在任何情况之下，一举一动，起心动念，它都有很细致的法则。
那个十多年以前的时候我还不懂，不大懂这个东西，虽然听说过了不了解。曾经遇见过一个学南传的人，他就讲了那个止观，譬如说走路的时候，喔，他那个步子走得非常慢，然后呢那个念头应该怎么个观照，做任何一件事情的时候。啊，我觉得这东西这么好! 后来回过头一看哪，哎，原来我们自己的是「家宝」！我们偏偏这样，那个家宝不去善巧地利用，羡慕别人。实际上真的别人告诉你，做得到吗？你也做不到。实际上就是我们心里面哪，这种懒散的心情，真的要提起起来就提不来的。

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日常师父法语25B 20’10” 手抄稿 第四册 P34L5

25B 20’10” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P34L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P103

【The Meditation Session – What to do in between meditation sessions】

Acting with vigilance - The foundations upon which you act

Earlier, restraining sensory faculties [was mentioned], but there are some actions that we must take. So then, how should you do all these actions? With every part of them, how you should engage to do them, he tells us clearly. Thus for us now who often say, "Ah! the lineage of the south, they do this and do that, it seems very meticulous!" Do we not have this in the northern lineage? Most definitely! However, we do not properly learn the things that are most important, even when these were told to you, you do not seriously engage in them; this is the main area. When you are in any situation, every action and thought, there are meticulous rules to follow.
More than ten years ago, at that time I still did not understand, did not quite understand this thing. Even though I had heard about it, I did not quite understand. I met a person from the southern lineage before, and he talked about serenity and insight. For example, when walking, oh, his steps were taken very slowly. Then with your thoughts, how should you be observing it, and [the same] with doing anything. I felt that it was so good! Later, once I turned around and looked! Ah, it turns out that what we have is a "family treasure!" Yet we choose to act like this - we do not skillfully use our family treasure and just admire others. But actually, even if others told you, can you do it? You cannot do it either. In reality, it is that in our mind, we have a lazy and careless mindset. Even when we want to lift it up, we cannot.