【Refuting Misconceptions About Meditation】- Longlasting and very forceful practice that is capable of changing the mind.

【 This is because these meditations need an awareness that is long-lasting, very forceful, and capable of changing the mind. Without this, you will not be able to stop the forces that oppose these meditations, such as disrespect. 】

Next, it explains the above meditations on faith, leisure and opportunity, etc. It states that, after your meditation, what kind of effect will it generate in one’s mind? “Longlasting, very forceful, and capable of changing the mind.” Before we change, we might want to think it over, what is our present state? In other words, before the transformation, our current state is not forceful. We just spend time idly, carelessly, and don’t take things seriously. We seem to work without sufficient energy. Meditation should not be like this! Moreover, once transformed, it is different! However, the change does not happen in an instant, it has to be lasting. Sometimes, we work very diligently to strive at it. Other times we would say, today’s morning and evening sessions are great and feel pleased. But the next day we might be a bit exhausted, that is not how it works! Or we might get up in the morning with good spirits, but it fades away after a while, this will not do! The text said to maintain consistency, to transform our present state of non-conformity toward the teachings, and to change the state from ignorance to conformity. Not only should we change it, we should also make it long lasting, forcefully transform the mind into proper mental attitude.

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28A 27’19” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P128 LL3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P112

日常师父法语📡28A 27’19”手抄稿第4册P128 LL3

破除此中邪妄分别: 猛利恒长修行，改变其意

【谓于此等，须能令心猛利，恒常改变其意。此若无者，则不能灭此之违品，不敬等故。】

下面就解释，修习上面净信、暇满等，说你经过了修行以后，它能够使得我们的心里面哪，产生一个什么效应啊？[猛利、恒常，变改其意]。在没有改变之前，我们现在不妨想一想看，现在的状态是什么？换句话说，还没有改变，现在的状态就是不猛利的，就是悠悠泛泛、马马虎虎、轻轻松松这种状态，做事情就是有气无力。修行不是这样！还有呢，改变了以后就不是！而且不是说一下改变，恒常的。我们有的时候还是很认真这样去做一下，有的时候我们说，今天早晚课做得很好、很高兴，明天就没劲，那不行！或者早晨起来满有劲，过了一下不灵光，这不行！他是说经常能够这样，把我们现在这种不相应，跟正法不相应，跟无明相应的这种状态改变了。改变而且恒常，把这个心识改变成正确的这种心理状态，提得很猛利。