【LISTENING】– A truly great person with aspiration can tame afflictions

So now, we are fortunate to encounter and understand this teaching, then [we need to] encourage ourselves. We often have this “me, me, me” mentality, yes! Later, [v.2 p.197] tells us about “arrogance.” Why does it refer to arrogance here? It is not necessarily the average arrogance that we know. It is [the attitude] that I have to do it myself! I must make it happen! So the scripture teaches us to fight against whom? It is not to conquer others. It is to tame our own afflictions. This is a [task for] person of character and truly a great personal task. Fighting with others is of no use. Even if you don’t fight with him, eventually he will die too. There is not one being who does not die. So you don’t have to fight with him. Everyone will die. The greatest enemy eventually has to die too. So there is only one thing left! Well! This affliction is everlasting. If you can tame the affliction, then you are truly a great person. We need to have this aspiration! 

SOURCE 来源 :

11B 20’40” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P102 L8
English Lamrim Vol 1 P60

日常师父法语📡11B 20’40” 手抄稿第2册P102 L8

听闻 ： 征服烦恼的大丈夫

所以现在我们幸运，遇见了，了解了这个法，以后要策励自己。我们常常觉得“我．我．我”．是！后面告诉要“我慢”，这个地方什么叫“我慢”？这个慢倒不像普通的慢一样，是我自己一定要做得起来！一定要成功它！所以我们现在经论上面告诉我们的，我们要跟谁斗？不是要征服别人，要征服自己的烦恼，这个就是大丈夫。你跟别人斗没有用，你不斗他，他到最后也是死的，天下没有一个人不死的，所以你不必去斗他，哪一个人都要死，再大的怨家仇敌他到最后他也要死的。那么只有一样东西呀！欸！这个烦恼啊，那才是永远存在的，你有本事征服那个烦恼，你才是真正的大丈夫，我们要有这个志趣才对！