【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- It is not about how difficult it is to find virtuous teachers, it is a suitable disciple with the qualities that is difficult to find

Now, here we may ask, well, what about Tantra practice? To actually advance in Tantra practice, that is when one needs to start all over to look for a virtuous teacher! Although there are preceding teachers, and that is why when Youthful Sudhana advanced with the fulfillment of the ten stages of faith, well, there comes Manjusri Bodhisattva to tellhim, “Next, you need to look for virtuous teachers.” There are many special meanings in this guidance! I will briefly go over it. For now we always think that it is difficult to find a virtuous teacher, but actually, it is not about how difficult it is to find virtuous teachers, it is that one is rarely endowed with the qualities as a suitable disciple! Once you become endowed with the characteristics of a disciple, as long as we are qualified, there is no need to search; Manjusri Bodhisattva will come to look for us. By the time you reach the level of Youthful Sudhana, then Manjusri Bodhisattva will also come to tell you, “So and so, this is what you should do now.” Well, the Array of Stalks Sutra explains it very clearly; do you still not believe it? So here, this is why I encourage everyone not to find fault in others to begin with. If you do not purify this karmic obstacle, you basically are not qualified to talk about whether or not you can remove the karmic obstacle. With the proper collection of merits, a virtuous teacher will come to look for you, is this right? It is clearly and explicitly explained in the scriptures, just like that.

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35A 23’07”Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P84 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P137

日常师父法语📡35A 23’07”手抄稿第5册P84 L7

道次引导 : 不是善知识难找，具相弟子难找

现在我们这个地方说，哦，密教怎么办？说密教真正要上去的时候，那个时候又要重新找善知识了！前面那个固然有了，所以善财童子十信满心上去的时候，欸，来个文殊菩萨，告诉他：“你下面要去找善知识了。”这个里边有很多特殊的意义哦！我现在这里随便说一下，我们现在总觉得善知识难找，真正的不是善知识难找，具相弟子难找！你只要具相，我们只要自己具相的话，用不着去找，文殊师利菩萨会跑来找我们的。等到你做到善财童子那样的话，那个时候文殊师利菩萨也跑得来告诉你：“某人哪，你现在要怎么做了。”喏，《华严经》说得清清楚楚，你还嫌不相信吗？所以在这个地方，为什么我鼓励大家，一开始不要、千万不要责备别人。你这个业障不净除的话，根本谈不到，你能够把这个业障净除掉了，资粮集聚够了的话，善知识到那个地方找你的，对不对？在经论上说得很清楚、很明白，这样。