【Remembering the Teacher’s Kindness 念恩】Once you think of the teacher’s kindness 一想到他的恩

【Remembering the Teacher’s Kindness 】- Once you think of the teacher’s kindness

When you are mindful of his kindness, you will spontaneously generate gratitude, respect, and faith towards him. Therefore, this is why the mundane world speaks of filial piety. Of course, filial piety has all kinds of benefits. There are two ways in which it exhorts us: one of them is, parents benefited us so much, wow! When you think of all the benefits, you will unknowingly and wholeheartedly love, venerate, and respect them. This is one way. Another way is to tell you the laws of cause and effect in this world. It tells you that there are all these benefits for you if you do this. So it always comes down to this! Thus, we often say: "first inspire with the *hook of inspiration, then guide by the wisdom of the Buddha." This is truly the first inspiration! However, there is a sequential order. The first step of aspiration the hook of inspiration is common to the mundane world, something you can see. Now here it refers to the spiritual aspect - the mental hook of inspiration. This is where Buddha Dharma arises from, right?

[*Hook of inspiration: the method to trigger our aspiration for spiritual advancement]

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19A 24’39”  Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P86 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P83

日常师父法语📡19A 24’39” 手抄稿第3册P86 L2

念恩 : 一想到他的恩

当你一想到念他的恩的话，你自然而然对他的感激、恭敬、信心都起来了。所以世间事情为什么讲那个孝的时候, 孝当然有种种的好处，他有两种方式来策励我们: 一种呢, 就说父母对我们的恩有这么多的好处，哎呀！你想到这么多的好处啊，你不知不觉自然而然会对他一心地无比地爱、戴、敬仰，这是一种。还一种呢，把世间因果告诉你，说你如果能够这样做的话，啊，对你有这么多的好处，总归是这个！所以我们常常说“先以欲钩牵，后令入佛智”，这个才是真正的先以欲钩牵！但是这个有次第的，第一步的欲钩牵是世俗上面的、看得见的，现在这个地方是精神上面的、心灵上面的欲钩牵。佛法是从这个地方来的，对不对？