【Relying on the Teacher 依师】The virtuous teacher leads us to Buddhahood 善知识带我们到佛道
【RELYING ON THE TEACHER】-The virtuous teacher leads us to Buddhahood
【Generally, in the scriptures and commentaries many defining characteristics of the teacher are taught from the viewpoint of the individual vehicles. However, the following is a description of a teacher who instructs you in the stages on the paths of the three persons of different capacities and guides you to the Mahayana, which is the path to Buddhahood. 】
Throughout all of the laudable teachings: Buddha’s sutras and Bodhisattvas’ commentaries and so forth – in other words, the overall Buddha Dharma – various approaches were taught. Regarding these different approaches, what is “the viewpoint of the individual vehicles”? It is that, there are people with different nature and dispositions: there are human and deity, sravaka and pratyekabuddha, so on and so forth. Thus, to guide beings of different nature, of course there are different methods. Now, what is this virtuous teacher referring to? This teacher is able to gradually instruct all beings, including humans and deities, sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and Bodhisattvas, and eventually guide them to Buddhahood on the Mahayana path – this kind of excellent teacher.
This virtuous teacher has a special good quality: his ultimate goal is to guide you to Buddhahood. Since he never forsakes humans or deities, therefore he is able to guide all beings. Some [teachers] can only guide humans and deities, but not beyond sravakas or pratyekabuddhas. Now this teacher is completely and extremely capable. Overall, he can reach the highest level with the most skillful means, with most effective guidance for you to advance. And his ultimate goal is this – guiding us to Buddhahood.
SOURCE 来源 :
14A 20’10” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P193 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P70
日常师父法语📡14A 20’10”手抄稿第2册P193 L6
依师 : 善知识带我们到佛道
【总诸至言及解释中，由各各乘增上力故，虽说多种，然于此中所说知识，是于三士所有道中，能渐引导，次能导入大乘佛道。】
这个整个的圣教，佛的经以及菩萨的论等等解释当中，换句话说整个的佛法，它虽然说啊，不同的方法——这个不同的方法，为什么“由各各乘”？就是不同的，根性不同的，说有人天、声闻、缘觉等等。那么引导不同的人，自然有不同的方法。而现在这个地方所说的这个善知识是什么呢？要对三士道，是人天乘，声缘乘及菩萨乘能够渐渐地引导，而最后呢把他引到大乘佛道，那样的一个善知识。
这个善知识，是有特别的好处，他最终的目的是把你引到佛地当中去的。但是啊他却不弃舍前面人天乘，所以他能够普遍接引一切众生。有一类能够接引人天的，但是呢再上去上不去了，声闻缘觉不行，现在他全部包含，全部包含。总共的他能够最高的却有最善巧的方便，从最低的地方引你上来，而他最终的目标，却是这个——“引入佛道”。