【Relying on the Teacher 依师】Teach him or to learn from him? 来跟他学，还是来教他？

【RELYING ON THE TEACHER】- Teach him or to learn from him?

【for it says in the Bodhisattva Vows of Liberation (Bodhisattva-pratimoska):

After giving up your own assertions, respect and abide in the texts of the abbot and master. 】 

Now I still remember, it was interesting, probably about twenty years ago, [I] went to a place and I felt, alas, it seems something is not right in this place. [I] always had [my] opinion. This is not right, that is wrong, it should be this or that way. At that time, I met a virtuous teacher, who came over to ask me, he said, “So and so, your opinion is pretty good, however, is your purpose to teach him or to learn from him?” I thought about it for a while, it was absolutely right. I am learning from him, yet I am making requests of him, isn’t this pretty absurd! It is quite inverted! So, with all these aspects, each one of them is worth our careful examination and reflection. And, here, what is the key? The key is still the perception – thus, changing a habit is easier, whereas changing the perception is harder.

SOURCE 来源 :

16A 24’02” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P264 L1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P76

日常师父法语📡16A 24’02”手抄稿第2册P264 L1

依师 : 来跟他学，还是来教他？

【《菩萨别解脱经》云：“应舍自欲，敬重安住，亲教轨范，所有论宗。 ”】

所以我现在还记得，好有意思，那么大概有二十多年以前，那时候到一个地方去，我自己觉得，哎呀，这个地方啊，好像这个，总是有意见，这个不对，那个不对，应该怎么办，应该怎么办。 那个时候，我就遇见一个善知识，跑得来问我，他就说：“某人啊，你这个意见倒是很不错欸，可是你的目的，你是来教他呀，还是跟他学呀？” 我想了半天，一点都没错，我是跟他学，我却要求他这个样，这不是很颠倒吗！ 这不是很颠倒吗！ 所以我们这个地方，每一个地方都是非常值得我们仔细检点，来仔细反省的地方。 而这个里边真正重要的，还是什么呢？ 真正重要的还是概念问题，所以习惯改倒是容易，概念的认识就比较难。