【A summary of the meaning of the previous five parts 】- reason for incurring immeasurable misdeeds that are related to their improper reliance on the guru

【Our afflictions are extremely coarse. Some listen to the teachings given by many teachers. They do not know how to rely on the guru, and, even if they know how, they do not do it. Therefore, they will incur immeasurable misdeeds that are related to their improper reliance on the guru. Moreover, they will find it difficult to develop an awareness of practices such as confession of former wrongdoing and restraint from future wrongdoing.】

This is the actual situation, so what are we supposed to do now? Alas! How terrible, the affliction is very coarse and weighty! “Coarse” refers to our apparent attitude, and “weighty” refers to the quantity. Quality and quantity are coarse and weighty, just like that. This is when the total reliance on the purification by virtuous teachers is required. Yet we just cannot understand – we do not know how to rely on a teacher, which is the first hurdle. Upon understanding, “even if they know how, they do not do it.” Sigh! Knowing it but unable to follow it. Under this circumstance, “therefore, they will incur immeasurable misdeeds that are related to their improper reliance on the guru.” Essentially, upon reliance on a virtuous teacher, affliction will be diminished and merits will increase. Due to our inability to abide accordingly, many wrongdoings increase instead. So what should be done with wrongdoing? Immediately confess! What will the effect be? “They will find it difficult to develop an awareness of practices such as confession of former wrongdoing and restraint from future wrongdoing.”

SOURCE 来源 :

22A 27’57” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P194 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P92

日常师父法语📡22A 27’57”手抄稿第3册P194 LL4

摄彼等义 : 反起无量依师之罪的原因

【我等烦恼，极其粗重。多不了知依师道理。知亦不行，诸闻法者，反起无量依师之罪，即于此罪亦难发生悔防等心，】

这是实际上的状态，说我们现在怎么办啊？唉！糟糕，烦恼非常的粗、非常的重！[粗]是指这个行相，[重]是指这个量；质、量又粗是又重，这样。那个时候完全要靠善知识来净化它，却偏偏又不了解，不了解依师的道理，这第一个难关。了解了以后呢，[知亦不行]，唉！知道了不照着去做。在这种状态下，[诸闻法者，反起无量依师之罪]，本来依止了善知识的话，是净除罪障、积聚资粮，因为我们没有能够正确地如法行持，所以反而增长了很多罪过。那有了罪过怎么办？马上忏悔啊！结果呢？[即于此罪亦难发生防悔等心]，要去忏悔，已经造的要去忏悔，没有造的要防护。