【 Benefits of relying on the teacher 亲近胜利】You will not be bereft of future teachers 终不缺离大善知识

【Benefits of relying on the teacher】- You will not be bereft of future teachers

“You will not be bereft of future teachers” because you created the condition in this way! Always be near the excellent teacher, this is how the karmic effect of dependent-arising works. You will not be apart from the excellent teacher, will not leave his side, regardless of fruitional or concordant effects. As long as you get to be close to a excellent teacher, of course you will not fall to the miserable realms! Negative karmic obstacles will gradually be eliminated, “neither bad karma nor afflictions will overpower you,” afflictions will not affect you, and of course negative karma will not affect you either. For us now, we are constantly revolving among negative karma and afflictions. Once you have a excellent teacher, these will be blocked. What about your conduct? You will not contradict the Bodhisattva deeds. For lay practitioners, observe the lay Bodhisattva vows. For renunciates, observe the monastic Bodhisattva vows. Correctly abide by these.

“Through mindfulness of the Bodhisattva deeds, your collection of good qualities will continue to increase” because you are able to rely on a excellent teacher and have received the teacher’s guidance. So if you can recognize it, that is also good, and if your mental activity conforms to what is proper, this is “mindfulness.” This concept is very important.

SOURCE 来源 :

20B 07’04” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P131 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P87

日常师父法语📡20B 07’04”手抄稿第3册P131 L5

亲近胜利 : 终不缺离大善知识

“终不缺离大善知识”，因为你结的缘就是这样嘛！一直在善知识身边，这个业感缘起就是这样，你不会离开他，不会离开他，不管是异熟，不管是等流。你能够接近善知识，当然你不会堕落恶趣啊！坏的、业障慢慢地消除，“恶业烦恼悉不能胜”，烦恼也不会影响你，恶业当然也不会。现在我们一天到晚在恶业烦恼当中转，你有了善知识，这个就挡住了。你的行为呢？就不会违菩萨所应行的，在家菩萨——在家菩萨戒；出家菩萨——出家菩萨戒，做得很正确。

“于菩萨行具正念故，功德资粮渐渐增长”，因为你能够亲近善知识，得到善知识的教导，所以你认识也好，起心动念都是跟应该有的这个行为相应的，这个是“正念”，这点很重要。