【Cultivation of Faith 修信 】Training in faith, the root 信心信信
【Cultivation of Faith】- Training in faith, the root
【For me to give personal instructions you need faith, faith, faith! 】
In Buddhism, often we divide *Mahayana into three systems. Regardless of which one of them, once you understand their characteristics, no matter what it says, it is just: either they talk about emptiness – the inherited characteristic is purified; or they talk about subjective dependent-arising. The known reference of “ultimate nature of emptiness arises from understanding dependent-arising” – the ultimate nature – back and forth this is discussed in [all these three systems], you need to have faith in this concept of the ultimate nature of all phenomena. But for now [we are] contaminated. In order to purify, [we] have to rely on virtuous teacher, and relying on a virtuous teacher requires faith. In terms of arithmetic it is to say: “100% of the personal qualifications match up with 100% guidance from a virtuous teacher then it is possible to achieve 100% of your Buddhahood.” These two are the requirements: faith in confidence and faith in belief.
【Thus, faith is extremely important. In general, faith is of many types –】
Now for the faith here - of course there are many varieties of faith.
【 faith in the three jewels, faith in karma and its effects, faith in the four noble truths. However, here we are speaking of faith in the guru. 】
This we know of, or they will be explained in detail later. What is [the faith] referred here? It is “faith in the guru” to have faith in the excellent teacher that you rely on.
SOURCE 来源 :
18A 22’00” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P50 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P80
日常师父法语📡18A 22’00”手抄稿第3册P50 LL2
修信 : 信心信信
【言教授者，谓是信心信信。】
佛法里平常我们分大乘三系，不管是哪一系你真正了解了那个特质以后的话，说来说去就是这个。或者讲空，它本来是清净；或者就讲有，所谓说真如缘起，它本来就是，说来说去就是这个，你要信得过本来如此。可是眼前呢，染污了。要想净化这东西一定要靠善知识，所以靠善知识要有信心。这个算数是说：百分之一百自己的条件，加上百分之一百善知识的指导，才能够百分之一百圆满你的佛果。这是这个两个：信心跟信信。
【信为极要。其信总之亦有多种，】
那么现在这地方所信的，当然广泛的所信的很多。
【谓信三宝，业果，四谛。然此中者，谓信尊重。】
这个我们都懂，或者后面详细来讲。而现在这里讲的是什么呀？“信尊重”，信得过你所依靠的善知识。