【Relying on the Teacher 依师】The bridle that tame the wild horse is 调𢘙悷马的利衔是...

【RELYING ON THE TEACHER】- The bridle that tame the wild horse is 

【As is implied above, the senses pursue improper objects and, like wild horses, 】

The trainer uses an effective bridle to tame the undisciplined horse – the unyielding one!

【lead you to engage in unsuitable actions. Just as the trainer tames a wild horse with a good bridle, 】

Our five sensory faculties are just like a wild horse – constantly spinning around external non-virtuous objects. When the faculties – the monkey or horse mind – follow an inappropriate object that is the time to tame and discipline it. This is the true spirit of the precepts. It is not the external appearance. Instead, it is the training of the mind. If we just focus on the external image of “wow, I am here creating the image”, this is the external appearance! Therefore, we must recognize when our minds are ruled by the five sensory faculties spinning around the external objects, we need to bring it back, and the first applicable antidote is the precepts.

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14B 03’26” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P201 LL3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P71

日常师父法语📡14B 03’26”手抄稿第2册P201 LL3

依师 : 调𢘙悷马的利衔是...

【如调马师，以上利衔调𢘙悷马。】

就是调马的人，以最利的这种衔啊，调那匹悷马，刚强得很！

【根如悷马随邪境转，若其逐趣非应行时，应制伏之。】

我们这个五根就像一匹悷马一样，它一天到晚跟那个邪境转的。当这个根，要这个心猿意马，随着不应该作的境界走的时候，就要去调伏它，应制伏它，这个才是它戒的真正的精神。这个不是在外头，所以这个叫内学。假定我们偏偏都执着在形象上面，喔唷，我这个地方，怎么形象，这个外学！所以我们必定要懂得，当你心里面趣向于这个五欲境界，跟着境转的时候，要把它拉回来，第一步的功夫就是戒。