【Cultivation of Faith 修信 】Discerning faults 寻求过失的心

【Cultivation of Faith】- Discerning faults

【When you recognize someone to be a buddha, you will not discern faults in that person, and you will pay attention to his or her good qualities. 】

Why do I come here? Am I here just like all the worldly people engaging in nonsensical talk or am I here to learn from Buddha? You have to clarify this erroneous perception. Once you are clear about it, regardless of how big a mistake the other party commits, you will definitely not think of the faults. Isn’t it very clear? If he is better than you, you learn from him. And if he is not, you should help him. Isn’t this simple? Why would you think of his faults?

However, often due to our weighty latent propensity from beginningless time, we are apt to this reaction. We easily react in this way! When interacting with ordinary people, this may be barely acceptable. But now, with this person who is to guide you, this virtuous teacher – with this mentality toward your virtuous teacher, then your further practice on the path is finished! This is very clear. The cause for your lack of achievement is due to your lack of understanding of the reasoning. If you do not understand the principles, you must rely on a virtuous teacher. To rely on a virtuous teacher, you must listen to him with one-pointed attention. If you develop negative thoughts toward your virtuous teacher, not only will you not be able to study, not to mention all the following steps. What is more is that you even may not accept Buddha Dharma. So the first step to apply the practice is to understand the principle of how to apply. To understand the principle of application, one must have a virtuous teacher. To rely on a virtuous teacher, you must remove obstacles between [you and him]. By then, you cannot look for any speck of flaws in him. Even if he has any, you should not pick on them, this is very important!

SOURCE 来源 :

18A 26’44” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P53 LL3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P81

日常师父法语📡18A 26’44”手抄稿第3册P53 LL3

修信 : 寻求过失的心

【此诸义者，谓若知是佛，则于佛不起寻求过心，起思德心。】

我跑到这儿来干什么的？我是跑到这儿来，跟他像世间一样的大家这个谈是非的，还是我跑到来学佛的？你这个概念要把握清楚。如果你把握清楚的话，不管对方有多大的错误，你就不会想到他错误地方去了，这不是很明白吗？他比你好，你跟他学；他不如你，你把他救起来。这不是很简单吗？你怎么会想到他的过错呢？

但是我们平常的时候，因为无始以来的习性太重，动不动就是这样来了，动不动就是这样来了！别人还勉强可以，现在的一切指导你的人，这是个善知识，你对善知识起了这个心念，你什么都不谈了！这个很清楚。所以你现在不成气候的原因，就是因为你不懂得道理，要不懂得道理，一定要依靠善知识，依靠善知识你一定要一心一意地听他。如果你跟善知识之间，起了这样的一个念头的话，不要说你学不成，下面的根本不谈，乃至于对佛法你都没办法接受。所以你第一步要想修行的话，必定要懂得修行的道理；要想懂得修行的道理，一定要有善知识；要想依靠善知识，必定要把善知识跟你之间的这个障碍除掉。所以那个时候，你不能一点点说看他的过失，他有过失你也不能看，这个是很重要的！