【Human Life of Leisure and Opportunity】- Will power

Therefore, why is it that I especially like this place? I often see our old abbot sitting here. I feel that he is an excellent teacher! In my mind I feel that this is right, it’s right! We need to continue this way to slowly, slowly push ourselves up. From here, you can at any time compare and observe what is the subjective aspect [i.e. the behavior of] your mind. Therefore, always remember this. If before you do anything, you already sound the retreat, then it definitely will not succeed. Conversely, no matter how difficult the situation is, if you say that you must succeed! You must succeed! You must succeed! Then even if you’ve ruined your body, but if this will power continues, you definitely will succeed in the future . You need to rely on this. So for us who cultivate the teachings, the most important thing is this. It’s just this ! So while we can cultivate, don’t waste it, absolutely don’t waste it!

SOURCE 来源 :

31B 11’25’’ Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P244 LL1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P125

日常师父法语📡31B 11’25’’ 手抄稿第4册P244 LL1

暇满 : 意志力

所以这个地方我为什么特别欢喜呢？我常常看见我们的老和尚坐在这里，我觉得这个善知识啊！我心里面觉得没错、没错！我们要用这个方式，慢慢慢地撑起来。从这个地方你们可以随时随地，自己好好地对比、观察一下那个心理的行相。所以常常记得这个话，还没有做，先打了退堂鼓了，那件事情是一定不成功；反过来，再困难的事情，你说你一定要成功！一定要成功！一定要成功！就算你那个身体失坏了，你这个意志力下去的话，将来就是保证你成功的，就靠这个。我们现在修学佛法，真正重要的就是，就是这个东西，就是这个东西！所以趁我们现在能够修行的时候啊，不要浪费它，千万不要浪费它！