【Relying on the Teacher 依师】Not helpful to have done just any practice 随宜修行，全无所益

【RELYING ON THE TEACHER】- Not helpful to have done just any practice

How did the excellent teacher work on self-discipline? It reveals below,

【It is not helpful for them to have done just any practice, and then have the result designated as a good quality of knowledge. 】

Well, this is not saying that the practitioner has no practice at all! “To have done just any practice” – the part of “just any practice” is easy to understand – he more or less has practiced some. What is “any”? It means any practice to his liking. A true Mahayana teaching especially requires a thorough understanding of the entirety of the complete path, and then advance step-by-step, instead of practicing anything you come across. To randomly apply any teaching is fine for the individual practitioner. If I come across chanting Buddha’s name, I chant Buddha’s name. If I encounter practicing Zen meditation, I practice Zen meditation. And even if you randomly recite one chapter of sutra you will more or less have this cause to enter [the teaching] – this attitude is considered as “any.” However, in this situation, by adopting this approach of scratching the surface, can personal discipline be achieved? It is not possible, impossible

SOURCE 来源 :

14A 25’42” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P196 L9
English Lamrim Vol 1 P71

日常师父法语📡14A 25’42” 手抄稿第2册P196 L9

依师 : 随宜修行，全无所益

这个善知识是怎么样自己先用过功调伏了自己呢？下面就说出来了。

【谓若随宜略事修行，于相续中有假证德名，全无所益。】

欸，他不是一点都没有哦！“随宜略事修行”，“略事修行”容易懂，他是多多少少修行的。什么叫“随宜”啊？什么叫“随宜”？随他相宜的。真正的大乘的教法，尤其是一定要了解知道完整的总体，然后本末，步步上去，不是说随便碰到一个。随便碰到一个，对他自己是可以的，我碰到念佛就念佛，碰到参禅就参禅，乃至于你随便念一卷经，多少最后总是这个因缘而进去的，这个情况叫做“随宜”。但是这种情况之下，他照他的这个办法去略事修行，自己能够真的调伏自己吗？不行，不行。