【Human Life of Leisure and Opportunity】- There is seriously nothing more confused than this

【And also, Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds states: There is nothing more deluded And nothing more confused Than for me to have found such leisure And yet not to cultivate virtue. 】

This is from the commentary. In other words, it continuously uses past masters’ and Bodhisattvas’ words to exhort us! It tells us that once we have this difficult to attain leisure and opportunity, if we do not cultivate well, then we are deluding ourselves. This is the greatest confusion! There is seriously nothing more confused than this, nothing more deluding than this! Don’t cause harm to yourself!

【After I have recognized this, If I remain idle through confusion, Great sorrow will befall me At the time of my death.】

If after I recognized this, I still “remain idle,” I still don’t strive to work hard, then why does that happen? It is still because of confusion. This confusion, a habit from beginningless time that remains, we cannot get rid of it all at once. Therefore we need to confess, therefore we need to contemplate. If you do not do that, then it’s of no use even if you understand it. You would still be careless and nonchalant. Ah! You remain idle, just can’t get your motivation up. Then at the time of death, when “great sorrow” befalls, it would be too late! By that time, it’s too late.

SOURCE 来源 :

31A 01’11” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P221 LL1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P122

日常师父法语📡31A 01’11”手抄稿第4册P221 LL1

暇满 : 再没有比这个更严重的愚痴

【《入行论》亦云：[得如是暇已，我若不修善，无余欺过此，亦无过此愚。】

这个论上面。换句话说，前面一再地把祖师、菩萨的这种话来策励我们啊！说我们得到这样难得的暇满以后，而我们不好好地修行，那是自己欺骗自己，这个是最大的愚痴啊！而这个是再没有比这个更严重的愚痴，再没有比这个更严重的自欺啦！不要自害啊！

【若我解是义，愚故仍退屈，至临命终时，当起大忧恼。】

假定我了解了这个东西啊，还[退屈]，不认真努力，为什么啊？还是因为愚痴。这个愚痴—无始以来的习性在这地方，一时拿不过，所以我们要忏悔，所以我们要思惟。假定你不这样去做的话，听懂了没有用，那么仍旧在那儿马马虎虎。唉！退屈，就是提不起来。到那个时候临终啊，起[大忧恼]，来不及了！那时候来不及了。