【Listening 听闻】The many obstacles in applying the teachings 我修行的重重难关
【LISTENING】– The many obstacles in applying the teachings
There are many obstacles in our learning of Buddha Dharma. The first major obstacle is that I want to apply the teachings, but don’t want to listen. This concept has been cited many times before. However, this is not necessarily saying that it is the speaker’s fault – for [we] have witnessed too many people talking much without behaving one bit according to the teachings. Thus, those inspired practitioners, sensing that the speakers were ineffective, thought, “this is not what I want.” The aspiration is initially good; however, in this situation, the error is with the ones who deliver the teachings. This does not necessarily mean that genuine Buddha Dharma should not be explained or heard.
Now, if the first obstacle is overcome, to really practice, you must recognize the concept of application. To understand this concept, [you] must listen – after listening, [you] actually need to apply it, to follow it. Well, say that [you have] heard it now and claim, “I got it, I got it” and do not put it into practice. Then, it is of no use. In this case, what is it like? One who has heard much and thinks that this is practice. Then the following fault is formed, “piling up words in great numbers.” Thus, the only thing you can do is to articulate the words, just like that. Ah! What the sutras say, what Madhyamaka says, what Cittamatrin says, what Hinayana says, and what Mahayana says... great numbers of reference books and a large amount of information – confusing others to the point of causing headaches, and thinking that this is Buddha Dharma. It is not so, not like that! This we must understand.
SOURCE 来源 :
11B 0’00” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P91 L1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P59
日常师父法语📡11B 0’00” 手抄稿第2册P91 L1
听闻 ：我修行的重重难关
修学佛法重重难关。第一重难关呢，说我要修行哪，是不要听的。这个道理以前讲过很多，倒不一定是说他的错，因为看见太多人讲了说了半天啊，一点样子都没有。所以真正有志气的人，觉得那些人讲了半天没有用，我可不学那个。他这个志气倒是本身好的，但是这种情况是前面说法的人的错误，并不是说真正的佛法不要讲说、不要听闻的。
那么现在呢，第一个难关如果克服了，说真正要修行啊，你必定要懂得修行的道理，要懂得道理，要去听闻，结果听闻了以后他真正要做的，是照着去修习。欸，假定说现在听闻了，说我懂了，懂了，不修行的话，这个没有用。那么在这种情况下，变成什么？听得很多，觉得这个是修行，害了下面这个毛病，是“多积异类文辞”。你无非是做得可以说文字很通达，就是这样。啊！这个经上怎么讲的，中观怎么讲，唯识怎么讲，小乘怎么讲，大乘怎么讲……一大堆参考书，一大堆资料，把人家弄得越弄越头痛，以为这个就是佛法，这个不是的，不是的！这点我们要了解。