【The Three Types of Persons 道次引导】not to be soiled by secondary infractions 应励防诸支罪染
【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- not to be soiled by secondary infractions
【You can take the vow or pledge again if you are affected by a root infraction, but your mind will have been spoiled, and it will be very difficult to give rise to good qualities. Therefore, specifically strive never to be tainted by root infractions and not be soiled by secondary infractions. Even if you are tainted by these, purify yourself of them with confession and restraint, since vows and pledges are the foundation of the path. 】
I will explain this next statement. It says that, especially when guarding against a “root infraction,” if you have violated the root infraction, Mahayana practitioners can take the vow again. However, very sorry, even if you retake it, your mental continuum is infracted. “Mental continuum,” meaning that the blessings from before are already spoiled, thus the merit will not arise. You have to start all over again; this is a very pitiful matter. Just like a machine, once damaged, even if you try to plug it in, it is useless, right? One needs to start all over again. So we should strive to never incur the root infraction, and also refrain from other infractions. If you do incur the infractions, what should you do? Immediately repent, so this confession is very important to ensure purity. In case it is contaminated, one should repent immediately, and prevent it from happening again. Why? This is the foundation. When engaging in any task, if the foundation is not ruined, the integrity will gradually, gradually grow. Once it is ruined, then it is spoiled. Right now, too many of us constantly feel: alas, these precepts, we can be careless and nonchalant! This attitude is wrong, precept is the foundation; if there are no precepts, then nothing else [about spiritual training] can be discussed further.
SOURCE 来源 :
35B 07’37” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P93 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P137
日常师父法语📡35B 07’37”手抄稿第5册PP93 L6
道次引导 : 应励防诸支罪染
【特若受其根本罪染，虽可重受，然相续已坏，功德难生，故应励力，莫令根本罪犯染着。又应励防诸支罪染，设受染者，亦应悔除，防止令净，以三昧耶及诸律仪，是道本故。】
下面这一句话解释一下。说特别在这个护持的时候，“根本罪”，根本罪虽然犯了以后，大乘可以重受的；但是对不起，虽然重受，那个相续已经坏了。“相续”就是前面的加持已经坏掉了，这个功德生不起来，你全部重来，那个是非常可惜的事情。就像那个机器一样，弄坏了，你再接电线也没有用，对吧？要重来。所以我们努力，根本罪犯千万不要，还有其他的也要防。如果万一有犯了，那怎么办？马上去忏除，所以这羯磨是非常重要，而使得这个清净无染。万一染了马上悔除、防护，为什么？这是根本。做任何事情这样，根本不坏，慢慢、慢慢地增长，根本一坏就完了。所以现在我们太多人总觉得：哎呀，这个戒啊，马马虎虎啊！错了，这是根本，戒如果没有了的话，其他都谈不到。