【 How to rely in practice  】- Totally out of it

So when children begin to play with a toy car, they roll it around on the ground. If you, the child, were to get into a real car, needless to say, you can’t drive. If something happens, you might die in a car accident. But, as you gradually grow up, well, when you see a car and sit in it, once you have the ability to drive, then it will work. Now, you don’t have the ability yet and, when facing such a situation, problems will arise immediately. Let’s not talk about cars; it is the same with a knife. When children play with knives or wooden swords, trouble may arise. But at the most, the spot where you get hit might hurt for a while. If you play with a real knife or gun, whoever gets struck will be wounded and there will be problems. Isn’t this very clear, very obvious? Thus, our present perceptions are erroneous and absurd. This is why, when studying and applying Buddha Dharma, never claim that you understood it, got it. Actually, for now, we are totally out of it, yet thinking that self-attainment is there. What a big mistake!

SOURCE 来源 :

20A 03’22” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P109 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P85

日常师父法语📡20A 03’22” 手抄稿第3册P109 L2

加行亲近轨理 : 一窍不通

所以小孩子刚开始玩的时候，玩一个玩具汽车在地上滚滚，叫你真的在车子里面，不要说你不会开，跑进去跌一个跟斗的话，把你撞得要死。然后你慢慢地大了以后，哦，跑得去看看，坐在这个车子里，等到你有能力自己开车就行了。你现在没有这个能力，一碰到这个东西马上出毛病。我们不要说车子，一把刀一样，小孩子拿着木头的刀剑，大家来弄弄，不行！不行，那么最多就是砍的那个地方痛一下。如果你真的一个刀枪放上去的话，谁一砍到他谁就受伤，谁就出毛病，这不是很清楚、很明白吗？所以我们现在这种概念都是很错误、很颠倒的。所以为什么修学佛法不要说自己懂了、懂了，我们现在是一窍不通啊，还自己觉得懂了，是大毛病就在这里！