【 Faults of not relying on the Teacher 未依过患】Avoid non-virtuous teachers 远离恶知识

【Faults of not relying on the Teacher】- Avoid non-virtuous teachers

Other than these two, beings must survive among other beings. At that juncture, if you don’t rely on a virtuous teacher, you must rely on a nonvirtuous teacher. We have to be clear on this concept. So before we go over the faults of relying on non-virtuous teachers, we have to realize it is not possible to be neutral, absolute nothing in between! If the plan is to study Buddha Dharma, you have to understand this concept. It is very important, very crucial!    

Regarding the characteristics of nonvirtuous teachers, it will be discussed later. However, here we need to understand, if you don’t rely on virtuous teacher and rely on non-virtuous teachers and bad friends, what will happen? Your good qualities will slowly diminish, and all faults will gradually increase. All the arising conditions are unfavorable to you, and all flaws arise from here. Thus, under any circumstances, one must stay away [from nonvirtuous beings]. So here, the text specifically tells us: under all conditions, you must rely on a virtuous teacher. In any situation, you must avoid non-virtuous teachers. Why? Because when you rely on virtuous teacher all good qualities will increase; whereas lean toward the non-virtuous teacher, all faults will increase. 

SOURCE 来源 :

21B 21’51”Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P172 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P90

日常师父法语📡21B 21’51”手抄稿第3册P172 LL2

未依过患 : 远离恶知识

除了这个以外的话，他一定在其他的有情共处当中。那个时候如果你不亲近善知识，你一定亲近的就是恶知识，这个概念我们要清楚。所以我们在没有谈这个恶知识对我们害处之前，我们要了解，没有中立可能的，绝无中立可能！在这个地方如果要修学佛法的话，你要了解这点，非常重要，非常重要！

关于恶知识特别的行相等一下再讲，不过这个地方我们要了解，你不亲近善知识，然后亲近的时候，恶知识跟恶友的话，那怎么办呢？把你的功德渐渐地损减，一切的罪恶渐渐地增长，能够生起所有一切不是你欢喜的，一切的坏处都从这个地方来的，所以在任何情况之下，一定要远离。那么这个地方呢特别告诉我们，在任何情况之下，你一定要亲近善知识；而在任何情况之下，一定要远离恶知识。为什么呀？因为你亲近善知识，一切的功德增长，亲近恶知识呢，一切的过、恶生长。