【The Meditation Session - Preparation】- clean well the place where you are staying, and neatly arrange the representations of the Buddha’s body, speech, and mind.

[Therefore, (1) clean well the place where you are staying, and neatly arrange the representations of the Buddha’s body, speech, and mind.]

That is to purify the place and respectfully offer images. We clean up the altar of Buddha – to make it very clean, and then we arrange Buddha’s image – this is the first aspect. “Buddha’s body, speech, and mind,” – the “body” is the statues we have now, it can be sculptures or paintings; the “speech” is the scriptures; and what is the “mind”? The “mind” is up to us. As a matter of fact, with the image of body, speech, and mind, the “mind” indicates personal instructions from a virtuous teacher that is offered here. So the mind can also represent relying on the virtuous teacher; it is with this that the transmission of the essence of the teachings into your mind becomes possible. This is the first one.

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22B 15’15” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P206 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P94

日常师父法语📡22B 15’15”手抄稿第3册P206 L3

修持轨理-加行 : 善洒扫所住处所；庄严安布身语意像

【谓善洒扫所住处所，庄严安布身语意像。】

那个就是净地跟奉圣，我们把佛的坛场弄弄干净，弄得非常干净，然后把佛像安布起来，这是第一个。“身语意像”，“身”像就是现在我们的，或者是彫塑的，或者是画的；“语”就是经典；那么“意”是什么呢？“意”就是在我们自己了。真正说起来，这个身语意像，“意”就是教授，这个善知识的教授，供在这个地方，所以这个意也可以说就是亲近的善知识，才能够把真正的宗要，能够传递到你心上去，第一个。