【The Three Types of Persons 道次引导】cultivating virtue while imbued with the meditative serenity and wisdom is powerful 善法要在定慧中修才有力

【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- cultivating virtue while imbued with the meditative serenity and wisdom is powerful

【 Next, train broadly in the six perfections. 】

That will be when we study the six perfections! Specifically, study this topic. So the differentiation of the teachings in our Tian-tai school, the so-called application based on availability, so on and so forth – I am not familiar with how they differentiate. This we should know, what are all these rankings? In Tian-tai lineage, or how we now refer to them as the Bodhisattvas at the level of faith. The Bodhisattvas at the level of faith are included in [the application of the six perfections].

In particular, train well in meditative stabilization— the heart of meditative serenity—in order to make your mind capable of being set on a virtuous object of meditation, according to your wish.

So within the six perfections, especially because we want to sincerely abide by this “virtuous object of meditation” – this mindset is focused on cultivating virtue, then it has to be imbued with the power of meditative serenity and wisdom. So, primarily, the six perfections are for accumulating merits, and what one should actually train well is the meditative stabilization.

SOURCE 来源 :

35A 04’53”Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P74 L1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P136

日常师父法语📡35A 04’53”手抄稿第5册P74 L1

道次引导 : 善法要在定慧中修才有力

【次应总学六到彼岸，】

那个时候就总学六度了！特别学这个。所以平常我们天台判的教的，所谓随分的行，然后呢怎么、怎么这个，天台的判教的方式我不熟悉。这我们晓得，凡是这种位次都是什么？所以天台的教当中，或者我们现在的叫信位菩萨，信位菩萨就在这个里边。

【特为令心于善所缘，堪能随欲而安住故。应善学习止体静虑，】

那么在这个六度当中，特别因为我们要想真正地安住在这个“善所缘”，这个心真正要真修善法，那一定要在定慧当中修才有力。所以最主要的，前面这个六度是资粮，真正要学的，是学止。