【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Under the influence of great compassion

【because persons of great capacity, under the influence of great compassion, make buddhahood their goal in order to extinguish all the sufferings of all living beings. They then train in the six perfections, the two stages, and the like. 】

So what is great capacity? It’s when one is “under the influence of great compassion.” What is influencing us now? We are under the influence of afflictions. After cultivating, the arising influence in our mind will become great compassion – mindfulness in helping others – like that. Thus… for you to help others, that requires the proper method. Without the proper method, the help will not work. For instance, at home, a mother is the kindest and most compassionate person. However, she may not be able to educate her child properly. All mothers, without exception, wish that their children could have a bright future. However, after trying hard for a while, well! It just won’t work, why? For they spoil their children. So we say that lacking a proper method, compassion will not work. So there is a common expression, “affectionate view of compassion yet short of wisdom.” Once you have this compassionate attitude, if you don’t have actual attainment of the wisdom of emptiness – understanding true reality and corresponding to it – then you are still in the midst of affection influenced by affliction. Bodhisattvas cannot have such an erroneous view!

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33A 21’59” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P14 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P131

日常师父法语📡33A 21’59”手抄稿第5册P14 L5

道次引导: 大悲心自在而转

【上士夫者，谓由大悲自在而转，为尽有情一切苦故，希得成佛学习六度及二次第等故。】

那么什么是上士呢？这个是由于他“大悲心自在而转”，我们现在是什么东西自在？烦恼自在而转。经过了修习以后，我们心里面时时起来的都是会大悲心，一心要救别人，这样。那么他……你要救别人的话，要有救别人的方法，没有方法的救别人是救不起来的。譬如说我们家里边母亲都是最慈悲的，可是教育那孩子教不起来。没有一个母亲例外的，都是希望望子成龙，结果弄了半天，嘿嘿！就偏偏不行，为什么？溺爱，叫作。所以我们说，这个真正的没有正确方法，悲心不行，所以叫，我们平常有一句话“爱见大悲”。你大悲心有了以后，如果说你没有真正的空性—一实相，跟它相符的话，那还在爱见当中，跟着烦恼相应的，这个—败坏菩萨，不行！