【Relying on the Teacher 依师】 Without assistants for meditation, people will not gain attainments 修行无助伴，有情无成就

【RELYING ON THE TEACHER】- Without assistants for meditation, people will not gain attainments

【Therefore, what should we do if we do not find such a teacher? 】

If you are not able to find such a perfect teacher, what should you do? Let’s continue, first is a quote from a sutra.

【Reply: The Tantra Requested by Subahu (Subahu-pariprccha-tantra) states:

Just as a chariot with one wheel

Will not go down the path even though it has a horse,

So too, without assistants for meditation,

People will not gain attainments. 】

If the chariot only has one wheel – a horse carriage needs at least two or four wheels – so, in this condition, even if the road and horse are available, very sorry, with one wheel, your chariot is useless. In other words, that is you alone [without fellow practitioners]. So what should be done? [We] have to have fellow practitioners as companions. These companions are of two types – superior-level and peer-level that we consider as virtuous teachers. The superior virtuous teachers are [our] reliance guru; another is the peer-level companion and also those companions that take care of external chores. Thus, to apply the teaching sincerely without virtuous teachers, an average person will not be able to have achievement, definitely impossible. And

SOURCE 来源 :

15B 10’55” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P238 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P74-75

日常师父法语📡15B 10’55” 手抄稿第2册P238 L4

依师 : 修行无助伴，有情无成就

【若未获得如是师时，将如何耶？ 】

怎么你得不到这样的完整的老师，那你怎么办呢？ 下面我们看，说先引经上面。

【《妙臂请问经》云：「如其仅有一轮车，具马于道亦不行，如是若无修行伴，有情不能获成就。 】

说假定你那个车子只有一个轮子——马车一定要两个轮子，或者四个轮子——那么在这种情况之下，就是有了马路，又有了马，对不起，你这个车子只有一个轮，没有用；换句话说，就是你自己，要怎么办呢？ 一定要有修行的助伴。 这个助伴有两种：上面的、同行的，所以我们称为善知识。 有一种呢上面的善知识——依止的尊重善知识；还有一种同行的，同行善知识；乃至于还有外护善知识。 所以真正修行而没有善知识的话，普通一般人啊不可能获得成就，绝不可能，而且。