【The Three Types of Persons 】- All these actions are solely for the welfare of living beings.

【In the beginning a person who is to become a buddha develops the spirit of enlightenment; in the middle, this person accumulates the collections of merit and sublime wisdom; and in the end, this person actualizes perfect buddhahood. All these actions are solely for the welfare of living beings. Therefore, all the teachings given by a buddha simply accomplish the welfare of living beings.】

So, aren’t we learning from Buddha now? Sure. Buddha, during his actual meditation process, it is divided into three steps: beginning aspiration, in the middle is accumulating merits, and in the end, actualizing perfect enlightenment. As for aspiration, why do we need to have this aspiration? Aspire for what? This is the causal stage, or the “object” [as in object, application, and effect], how Buddha understood the object. In the middle, accumulating merits; which is followed by the start of “application” of the teaching, and ending with the attainment of the “effect” stage.

SOURCE 来源 :

33A 01’48” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P4 L1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P130

日常师父法语📡33A 01’48” 手抄稿第5册P4 L1

道次引导 : 一切皆是为利有情

【佛初发心，中集资粮，最后现证圆满正觉，一切皆是为利有情，故所说法一切亦唯为利有情。】

那么，我们现在不是要学佛吗？是。这个佛他真正的修行过程当中，分成三个步骤：初发心，中间是集聚资粮，最后现证圆满的正觉。发心，为什么发这个心？发些什么心？这个就是因地当中的，或者是“境”—他对于这个境了解如何的；中间集资粮，就是开始的“行”持；最后证得这个“果”位。