【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 修持轨理 - 未修中间】the basis of everything 一切之根本是...

【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- the basis of everything

【By applying what you know, strive at whatever vow you have promised to observe, as this is the basis of everything.】

Within this process, what is the most important “basis?” This we should know. The basis is the “vows” we observe. This vow is the ethical discipline we have taken – one needs to strive to observe it, strive to uphold it. The vow described here, we need to know that it doesn’t just mean that I have shaved my head and possess the [monastic] appearance. Once you have truly accepted the vows, there is the invisible moral essence of ethical discipline, just like that. This essence of ethical discipline will naturally and spontaneously arise to prevent wrongdoings and stop nonvirtue. This essence should not be ruined. By properly maintaining [the essence of ethical discipline], even while you are sleeping, it is still accumulating merit and it will be accumulating merits at all times. Once damaged, this efficacy [i.e moral essence of ethical discipline] disappears. This is the reason why meditative concentration and wisdom have to be established on the basis of ethical discipline.

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25A 13’56” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P10 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P101

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修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 一切之根本是...

【一切之根本，应如所知，励力守护所受律仪。】

而在这个过程当中，最重要的“根本”是什么？这个要晓得的。根本就是我们所受的“律仪”。这个律仪就是我们所受的戒，要努力去守护，努力去守护。这个地方这个律仪，我们要认识，不是说我今天剃了这个头，具了这个形相，你真正受了律仪戒的话，它有律仪无作戒体，这样。它这个戒体自然而然，任运地能够产生防非止恶的功效，那东西不能坏。如果说保持的话，你在睡觉它也在增长功德，而且一切时处都在增长功德；一破坏了，这个功效就没有了。这是为什么定慧一定要建立在律仪戒上的根本原因。