【Refuting Misconceptions About Meditation】- directs the mind toward the virtuous group of phenomena

【Next, you use your discerning wisdom to meditate repeatedly on good qualities, such as the good qualities of the teacher, the great importance of leisure and opportunity, good qualities of the three jewels, virtuous karma and its effects, and the benefits of the spirit of enlightenment, again according to their order in scripture. This causes the mind to become “moist” or clear. Like washing gold in water, bringing this to mind directs the mind toward the virtuous group of phenomena, causes delight, and then moistens the mind with virtues. 】

Well then, in the earlier discussion on disenchantment, it talks about its faults. What about other aspects? Regarding all the benefits of the good qualities of the virtuous teachers, the importance of our leisure and opportune human form, then there are the sublime values provided to you by the Three Jewels, as well as many positive effects from your practice of kind deeds, as well as the most inconceivable and remarkable benefits of the spirit of enlightenment. .. They will be covered later. Well, “according to their order in the scripture,” that will be explained later in the text. If you can abide by it to analyze and continuously apply the teachings, then your mind will be “moistened.” Ah, how joyful! You definitely won’t be like how we are now: when hearing about going to class you immediately feel disagreeable. At that time, upon hearing that the class is on, your ears will be alert and eyes wide open, and won’t fall asleep. That is the teaching that moistens our minds and that will be when we develop pure faith – you will not have any doubt. What is it like? It is just like “bringing this to mind,” this kind of reflective awareness is like purifying the gold sand with water, just like the skilled jeweler using water to clean the gold. So when we apply the teaching, utilize this kind of “virtuous group of phenomena” to cleanse our contaminations.

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29A 06’45” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P152 LL5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P114

日常师父法语📡29A 06’45手抄稿第4册P152 LL5

破除此中邪妄分别: 令意趣向白净品

【如在修习，知识功德暇满义大三宝功德，白净业果及菩提心诸胜利等，时中所说。以观察慧数数修习此等功德，令心润泽，或令净信，以此作意，如水洗金，令意趣向诸白净品，爱乐欢喜，以白善法泽润其心。】

那么前面是厌患，说它的过患。另外一方面呢？对于善知识的种种的好处，对于我们难得的人身的重要，然后呢三宝的给你的殊胜的价值，以及你修善业以后得到多少的好的果报，以及大菩提心的最不可思议、了不起的大利益，那种……。那个是后头讲的哦，[时中所说]，那个后头都会讲。如果说你照着他那个能够观察，能够不断地修行的话，那时候你心里面就[润泽]—哈，欢喜呀！绝不会像我们现在那样的话，听到上课就不欢喜。那时候你一听到上课耳朵就竖起来，眼睛瞪大了就睡不着，就是这个东西滋润了我们的心里了，那个时候就产生了清净信心，你一点都不怀疑。就像什么？就像这个[作意]，这种的思惟作意，就像用水洗金，就像前面那个银楼的银匠，用水来洗金，那么我们修行的时候呢，就把这种好的种种[白净品]，清洗我们的染污。