【Human Life of Leisure and Opportunity】-  the most serious harm to myself

【After you have reflected on the difficulty of obtaining a human life of leisure and opportunity in this way, develop the desire to take full advantage of such a life. 】

We understand the principles described above. Then it tells us we should “reflect....in this way.” Remember this! It’s not enough to just understand through listening. It’s not enough to just understand through listening! With listening, it’s already difficult, it’s already difficult! But since we have obtained it, then whether it can be truly useful for us will depend on this, “reflection.” So be sure to pay attention to this! You have obtained this rare opportunity, you must reflect on this well. When you reflect in this way, then naturally the answer below will be useful for you. At that time, how should you think about this? You would say, “Ah! This human life of leisure and opportunity is so difficult to attain and its meaning is so great!” And then? Under this circumstance, if I still crave for things of the mundane world, then I will be harming myself. There is nothing more harmful to myself than this. I would be only deceiving myself. There is only one thing remaining that I should pursue, what would that be? To “take full advantage of such a life” to generate this superb virtuous desire!

SOURCE 来源 :

31B 24’12” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P251 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P126

日常师父法语📡31B 24’12” 手抄稿第4册P251 L6

暇满 : 最严重的自我伤害

【如是思惟难得之后，应作是念，而发欲乐摄取心要，】

上面这个道理我们懂了，下面告诉我们[如是思惟]，记得哦！不是听懂就算，不是听懂算！听，已经难得了，已经难得了！我们已经得到了这个，然后呢，是不是真正对我们有用，就在下面这个—思惟。所以千万注意啊！这么难得的机会得到了，你们去好好地思惟；这样思惟的话，那个时候自然而然，下面那个答案对你们就派上用场。那时候应该怎么想呢？说，啊！这个人身真是这么难得，意义这么地大呀！然后呢，说在这种情况之下，跑得去贪着世间的东西，那自己伤害自己，天底下再没有比这个更严重地自己伤害自己，自己欺骗自己。唯一应该做的，干什么？要[摄取心要]，发这个大的善法欲！ .