【The Meditation Session - Preparation】- The branch of rejoicing

【The next verse expresses the fourth branch of worship, rejoicing:

I rejoice in all merit, whatever it may be,

Of all the conquerors of the ten directions, conqueror’s children,

Pratyekabuddhas, those with more to learn,

Those with no more to learn, and all ordinary beings.

“Rejoicing” means to remember the benefits of the virtues of these five types of persons, and then to cultivate delight in them as a poor person would with a discovered treasure. 】

This rejoicing, “of the ten directions….”I kind forgot about it, do you remember it? This is the rejoicing branch, “I rejoice in all merit, whatever it may be, of all the conquerors of the ten directions, conqueror’s children1, pratyekabuddhas2, those with more to learn3, those with no more to learn4, and all ordinary beings5.”This is it. It includes these five types, yes, this is rejoicing. So, in this branch, later it will tell us more. Here, it seems to be only rejoicing toward the external objects. Actually, it includes the self in it as well. Rejoice both self and others. Even though you rejoice Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, you can rejoice your own virtuous actions as well. Interesting! When we err, we confess. When it is right, we rejoice. At all times, we are either doing things right or wrong; there is not a time that it is neither right nor wrong - there is no such thing, nothing is neutral.

When you are confused or in the midst of ignorance, that is when mistakes are made – even though it seems ethically neutral, to waste and squander life is a mistake. Therefore, at any given time merits can be accumulated or negative karmic deeds can be repented. Then you take these accumulated merits, confessed karmic obscurations, and top it off with rejoicing - thus at any time, at least two encompassing merits can be attained [virtuous ones are increasing, nonvirtuous ones are confessed].

SOURCE 来源 :

23B 07’44” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P239 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P97

日常师父法语📡23B 07’44” 手抄稿第3册P239 L5

修持轨理-加行 : 随喜支

【随喜支者，“十方一切”等一颂。随念此五补特伽罗所有善利修习欢喜，犹如贫者获得宝藏】

这个随喜，“十方一切……”，这个我一下记不住了，你们记得住吧？这个随喜支，“十方所有世间灯，最初成就菩提者，”（编者按：十方一切诸众生，二乘有学及无学，一切如来与菩萨，所有功德皆随喜。）就是这个，那就是下面这个五类，对，没错，就是这个随喜。那么这个随喜支下面会告诉我们，这个随喜这个地方好像单单就外面，实际上呢自己也包括在里头。自他都在随喜，固然佛菩萨等等你随喜，还有你自己做对了你也随喜。妙咧！做错了是忏悔，做对了随喜。我们任何时候，不外乎做错跟做对两件事情，并没有说这个时候，既不错又不对，没有这件事情，没有中立的。

当你迷迷糊糊在痴痴呆呆，这个无明当中，就是错的时候；虽然是无记的，浪费、损 (p240) 失生命就是个错误。所以你一切时都在增长功德或者忏悔业障，然后你把增长的功德、忏悔业障，再加上随喜，所以任何时候，至少可以得到两样完完整整的功德。