【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS 】- Through benefiting living beings, only then can we completely benefit ourselves

All Buddhas want nothing other than to benefit all sentient beings; their only goal is to benefit living beings. Up to this point, some will feel, “Sigh, to benefit sentient beings in these days it is very difficult! I will solve my own problems first.” Certainly, many have this thought. Some even say I want to learn from Buddha. However, subconsciously, the true motivation to benefit living beings is very weak. Needless to say, wanting to benefit all living beings, now when the monastic staff tells me to serve others, well, it seems easy when you think about it. If you are asked to do it, “Oh, that is very difficult! I would rather get it roughly done and take care of my own affairs first.” It is not easy for us to generate a true intention to benefit living beings. This requires some elaboration here. For the sake of benefiting ourselves, you still have to benefit all living beings before we can completely benefit ourselves. This concept will be discussed later in great detail.

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33A 02’42” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P4 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P130

日常师父法语📡33A 02’42”手抄稿第5册P4 L7

道次引导 : 由利益有情，才能圆满自利

所有的佛这个无非是为了利益有情，他的目的就是利益有情。说到这里有的人自己觉得：“哎呀，现在这个时候利益有情真难噢！我自己先解决了问题再说。”是，有很多有这种想法。即使有的人说我要学佛，可是潜在意识里边，真正说要为利有情的这种心情，还是很少。不要说要利益一切有情，现在这个常住叫我去给大家服务一下，哎呀，想起来很容易，教你去做的话：“喔，这个是很难哪！还是马马虎虎自己解决了再说。”我们真正的心里面说为利益有情的这个事情，不大容易生得起来的，那么这里要说一下。真正为了自利，你还非要利益一切有情，才能够圆满的自利，关于这个道理后面会详细说。