【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Persons of medium capacity

The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment:

Those persons are called “medium”

Who stop sinful actions,

Turn their backs on the joys of cyclic existence,

And diligently strive just for their own peace.

So, now the medium scope practitioners turn their backs on all sorts of happiness in the three realms of existence, like this. So a true practitioner of the Theravada vehicle, regardless of what kind of happiness you offer to him, he will definitely reject it, absolutely turn away from it, and this is the characteristic. Furthermore, because he is mindfully pursuing this path of meditation, in this situation, his attitude would prevent sinful actions. This sinful action is a level higher than the virtue and non-virtue that we know of right now! The virtuous and non-virtuous actions we base on are the standard of three fortunate realms and three miserable realms. That is to say, descent to the miserable realms is considered bad karma. Now for the virtue of the Theravada practitioners is to be liberated from cyclic existence and, if one is submerged in cyclic existence, it is considered a nonvirtuous action. So the three phrases in the short version of ethical discipline, to “purify one’s mind” is the standard guideline. If you engage in many kind deeds, yet are attached to them and won’t let go, this is a nonvirtuous act. So what is most important here? To “diligently strive just for their own peace” – those seeking individual peacefulness are still considered medium capacity.

SOURCE 来源 :

33A 19’06” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P12 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P130 - 131

日常师父法语📡33A 19’06” 手抄稿第5册P12 LL4

道次引导 : 中士夫

【《道炬论》云：“背弃诸有乐，遮恶业为性，若惟求自静，说名中士夫。”】

那么，他现在对三有的种种的快乐—背弃，这样的。所以真正的修行这个二乘的人士，你不管什么快乐给他，他绝对不要，绝对不要，这个特质。然后呢，因为他一心要求这个，所以他要修道，在这种状态当中，他的行持—遮恶业。这个恶业比我们现在的善恶业要高一等喔！这个我们现在的善恶业是以三善三恶为标准的，就是说不堕落三恶道的这叫恶业（编者按：疑师口误，“堕落三恶道的这叫恶业”）；现在修学二乘的行者的恶业，要跳出轮回的这个才是叫善，如果沉在这里边的话它是恶业。所以这个略戒经的三句当中，“自净其意”是他的衡准标准，如果你做了很多的善事，心里面恋恋难舍放不下的话，这个是恶业。所以他真正重要的是什么？“若惟求自静”，那个要求自己寂静的，这个还是中士夫。