【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- Like to be others’ teacher

Mentioned in the beginning that we should first recognize that we are sick [with 3 mental poisons]. If you don’t even know that you are sick, what more can be discussed? If you think that you are right, are very proud of it, and feel good about it, then it is no help [to continue the learning].

When I was first ordained, I met all kinds of teachers. One of them would often tell me this – on one hand, of course, he was talking about himself, but, on the other hand, it was a lesson for me too. I still remember it vividly. Ah, he said, “My problem is that I like to teach others, I like to be others’ teacher!” I now have more and more feelings about this statement, well! How true, very accurate! Like that. It is very obvious that our problem is this “like to be others’ teacher.” We don’t even know what we have to teach, don’t even know how to be a student and want to teach others. This is a great flaw. So the sutras taught us: those who have not disciplined themselves have no basis for disciplining others.

SOURCE 来源 :

25A 17’42” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P12 L1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P101

日常师父法语📡25A 17’42” 手抄稿第4册P12 L1

修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 好为人师

前面那一部分已经告诉他们，我们先要自己知道病，你不知道自己病的话，你还谈什么？自己还觉得很对、很得意、很好，那是一点用场都没有。

所以我当年自己出家了以后，遇见了各式各样的老师，有一个老师常常以这个话来给我说，一方面他固然是自己说他自己，一方面也是给我教训我，我现在还记得很牢。唉，他说：“我的毛病啊——好为人师，好为人师！”我现在越来越感觉到这句话，啊！正确啊，正确啊！这样。的的确确的我们哪毛病就在这“好为人师”，不晓得自己拿什么东西教别人，自己的学生都不会做，却要教别人，这个是个大毛病。所以佛经里面告诉我们：自未调伏而能调人者，无有是处。