【 Benefits of relying on the teacher 亲近胜利】Excuse yourself with soothing words 一切时处不远离...

【Benefits of relying on the teacher】- Excuse yourself with soothing words

【Also, the Garland of Birth Stories states:

Any intelligent person should not be distant from excellent beings

And should rely on these virtuous beings in a disciplined manner.

Once you are close to them, particles of their good qualities

Will stick to you automatically.】

Under any circumstance, “should”, in other words, one should never ever be distant from the virtuous teachers. These “excellent beings” include your teacher and your fellow practitioners. That is to say, to practice the teaching, you should never depart from virtuous teacher. Once you become distant, achievement becomes impossible. Unless you have already attained a certain level – the first level Bodhisattva and above – then distance is permissible, but it does not mean that you are always apart! Not apart all the time. Actually, once the first level Bodhisattva has been attained, that person is constantly relying on a virtuous teacher. However, in our eyes – using our standards to measure it – Bodhisattvas of the first level and above are capable of being away from Buddha and Bodhisattvas to be in the midst of sentient beings. In fact, at that time, all living beings would be virtuous teachers [of the first level Bodhisattvas].

For this, I believe we may not understand it very well. Why are the sentient beings the virtuous teachers of the Bodhisattvas? What do Bodhisattvas engage in? [They] extensively engage in the six perfections. If you are in the midst of the Buddha realm, is there still a need for you, as a Bodhisattva, to apply generosity?

SOURCE 来源 :

21A 19’02”  Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P154 L8
English Lamrim Vol 1 P89

日常师父法语📡21A 19’02” 手抄稿第3册P154 L8

亲近胜利 : 一切时处不远离...

【《本生论》亦云：“悉不应远诸善士，以调伏理修善行，由近彼故其德尘，虽不故染自然薰。”】

在任何情况之下，“悉”，换句话说，任何情况之下，绝不可以远离诸善士。这个“诸善士”包括你的尊重，以及你的同行善知识。换句话说，修行你绝不可以离开善知识，你一离开善知识，修行绝不成就。除非你自己有了相当成就，到了地上的菩萨，那可以远离，并不是一切时远离喔！不是一切时远离。真正说起来，到了地上的菩萨，他一切时都在亲近善知识，不过以我们眼前的眼光来看，我们看这个标准来看，那个时候他地上的菩萨可以离开佛菩萨到众生当中，实际上那个时候众生对他来说也是善知识。 这一点我想我们容或不太了解，为什么这个众生是他的善知识啊？地上菩萨行什么？广行六度，你如果在佛国土当中，还要你这个菩萨来布施吗？