【Faults of not relying on the Teacher】- Bad friends are like the poisonous snakes.

【The Chapter of the Truth Speaker states: There are those whose minds are seized by bad friends, as if by poisonous snakes, but have forsaken the poison’s antidote, the teacher. Alas, even if they listen to the precious and sublime teaching, they will fall into the great abyss of unrestraint. 】

If you take a nonvirtuous friend as someone to rely on, he is like a poisonous snake. And yet you hang on to it and consider him as the reliance. It is like this nonvirtuous friend has captured your mind and, during that time, you are definitely far away from the virtuous teacher. What is a virtuous teacher like? You are rejecting their remedy to cure the three mental poisons from beginningless time. Under this circumstance, even if you have heard the precious teaching, it is of no use! Although you hear it or let’s not refer to hearing – even if you are able to talk about it eloquently, it is useless. The last line, “they will fall into the great abyss of unrestraint.” The great abyss refers to the miserable realms. If [you] slack then it is the opposite of joyous perseverance. Buddha Dharma is meant for [our] proper practice, but now, hearing the teachings is not helping you as you did not abide by it! Though not abiding by it - the nonvirtuous people in the mundane world may not fall into unrelenting hell and not necessarily end up in hell – whereas for those who intend to study Buddha Dharma but are unable to rely on a virtuous teacher – if the wrong path is taken, they will certainly have a downfall. Among all these, the most horrible factor is the ones who guide you – the nonvirtuous friend – this is what we have to recognize.

SOURCE 来源 :

22A 3’44” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P181 LL5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P91

日常师父法语📡22A 3’44” 手抄稿第3册P181 LL5

未依过患 : 如毒蛇般的恶友

【《谛者品》亦云：[若为恶友蛇执心，弃善知识疗毒药，此等虽闻正法宝，呜呼放逸堕险处。]】

万一一旦你亲近了恶知识，这个恶知识像毒蛇一样，而居然你执取不舍，你还以为他，啊，依靠他，就相当于这恶知识把你的心抓住了一样，那个时候，你一定远离善知识。这个善知识是什么啊？治疗我们无始三毒大病的对治之良药，这个东西你不要了。在这种情况之下，虽然你听见了正法宝没有用，没有用！尽管你听见了，不要说听见了，乃至于你讲，能说能道，没有用。下面最后一句“呜呼放逸堕险处”，险处就是三恶道，放逸的话，精进的相反，本来佛法是照着如理行持的，现在对你听见了没有帮助，你没有照着去做嘛！而且不听，世间的恶人还不一定一定堕到无间地狱，也不一定堕落地狱里面去，这个修学佛法的而不能亲近善知识，走错的话，是一定堕落，而这个里边真正最可怕的，就是那个引导你的人—恶知识。