【Benefits of relying on the teacher】- Merits gained from serving the guru for half a day

【They produce more roots of virtue in one morning than those who give gifts to, worship, or observe precepts from limitless tens of millions of buddhas. Those who respect and serve their gurus are endowed with unimaginable good qualities.】

Regarding accumulating collections, well, the sutra validates it right away. You are in “limitless eons” – the virtuous roots in the infinite Buddha realms – engaging in what? Generosity, ethical discipline, offering, etc. so many of them – take up the precepts correctly, there are all sorts of virtue. Each one is a remarkable deed, excellent deed! Now, as long as you serve the virtuous teacher for half a day, just for half a day, the merits accumulated will surpass offerings for limitless tens of millions of Buddhas. There are many advantages. This merit is inconceivable, hard for you to imagine, incredibly abundant!

SOURCE 来源 :

21A 15’02”  Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P152 LL5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P88

日常师父法语📡21A 15’02” 手抄稿第3册P152 LL5

亲近胜利 : 承事善知识半天的功德

【虽于俱胝佛所，种诸善根，谓行布施，或行供养，或受学处，所起众善，然彼仅以上半日善，即能映蔽。承事尊重，成就功德不可思议。】

关于集聚资粮方面，喏，经上面马上证明，说你在“俱胝”——也是无量的佛那个地方啊种种种的善根，包括什么啊？布施、持戒、供养，这样，这么多，受学学处，所有的众善，各式各样的善，这个是不得了的一件事情，不得了的事情！现在我们，你只要承事这个善知识，做半天，只要做半天，就得到的功德，能够超过了供养俱胝佛所行的这么多，很多好处。这个功德是不可思议，你无法想象地多，无法相象地多！