【The Meditation Session – Actual Session - how to sustain meditation in general 修持轨理 正行 - 总共修法】firmly determine the definite order and enumeration ...数量次第，先须决定1

【The Meditation Session – Actual Session - how to sustain meditation in general 】- firmly determine the definite order and enumeration of whatever objects of meditation you wish to sustain.

So, at this juncture, please remember this statement: “the virtuous deeds of an entire lifetime will be flawed.” Then what should be done? It tells us.

【Therefore, from the beginning, firmly determine the definite order and enumeration of whatever objects of meditation you wish to sustain. 】

The first thing, regarding the content of your meditation, with your “objects of meditation,” it is about the entire content instead of just a small portion. For now, maybe for our recitation of Buddha’s name, it seems simple enough just to rely on “Amitabha Buddha.” Yet it’s not that simple! What are the actual session and supporting preparation? To have faith, aspiration, and deeds – faith in what, aspiring for what, we must identify all of these. Then, how to apply as a lay practitioner, as well as a monastic, “abiding the ethics and fulfilling duties.” What ethics do you abide by at home, and what duties does a monastic have? For reciting Buddha’s name alone, these are the considerations! Needless to say, when entering the monastery as the monastic, from morning until night there are so many tasks we should learn. This is about the simple recitation of Buddha’s name, but what about other practices? There is no exception.

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24A 24’24” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P268 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P99

日常师父法语📡24A 24’24”手抄稿第3册P268 L4

修持轨理 正行 - 总共修法 : 数量次第，先须决定1

这一句话大家记住：“一生善行，终成过失。”那么要怎么办啊？告诉我们，

【故于所修诸所缘境，数量次第，先须决定。】

第一件事情，对于你要修的这个内容，对于你所修的“诸所缘境”，整个的内涵不是单单的一点点。我们现在或者说修念佛的，好像很简单，只依“阿弥陀佛”，不那么简单！正行是如何？助行是如何？信、愿、行——信些什么、愿些什么，都要晓得。然后你在家怎么弄，出家怎么弄，“敦伦尽分”，在家敦些什么伦？出家尽些什么分？这个就是这么一个念佛法门，尚且如此！跑到庙里面的那个常住，然后我们从早晨开始到晚上，这么多的事情，都要应该了解。简单的念佛是如此，何况其他的？没有一个例外。