【RELYING ON THE TEACHER】- The student has his own personal faults

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【It is stated in Candrakirti’s commentary that if you, the listener, do not have all these defining characteristics of a suitable recipient of the teachings, then the influence of your own faults will cause even an extremely pure teacher who instructs you in the teachings to appear to have faults. Furthermore, you will consider the faults of one who explains the teachings to be good qualities. 】

In the case where you lack the qualifications – this is very important! So, here, the emphasis is specifically on the qualifications that we Buddha Dharma practitioners should have. In fact, the following teachings – if we are serious about learning them – is the study of finding out whether or not I am qualified. If not, hurry to strive at it; if we have sufficient qualities, then begin looking [for a teacher]. If you don’t have the defining characteristics, although the teacher is “extremely pure” – which means absolutely encompassed – even like the Buddha, as perfect and thorough as Buddha, however, due to “the influence of your own faults, cause even an extremely pure teacher who instructs you in the teachings to appear to have faults.” Because the listener – the student – has strong influence of personal faults, he is unable to see the teacher’s good qualities and may even consider the teacher to be at fault. May I ask, if you see a teacher in error, would you be willing to rely on him? First of all, you may be unwilling – even if you were forced to stay here and all you saw were his faults, would you be willing to abide by him?

16A 05’32” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P254 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P76

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依师 : 因为学者自己有过失

【若不完具如是器相，说法知识虽极遍净，然由闻者过增上故，执为有过，于说者过，反执为德。 】

假定是你不具足这个条件的话——很重要呀！ 所以这里特别强调，我们修学佛法的人应该有的条件。 下面究实说来，所以我们真正要学的，就是学看看我条件够不够，不够，赶快努力；够了，可以去找了。 假定你是不完具的话，说法的知识，虽然“极遍”的净——极是绝对地对，遍是普遍地圆满——乃至于像佛一样，这真正圆满的、极遍地圆满，像佛一样乃至于， 结果“由闻者过增上故，执为有过”。 因为听闻的人，学的人自己本身有过失，这个过失的力量强盛的关系，他老师的真正德行看不见，还觉得这个老师的错误。 请问你看见一个错误的老师，你愿意依靠他吗？ 第一个，不愿意，就是你逼不得已而靠在这地方，你看见他都是过失，你肯听从他的话吗？