【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Activity of the supreme determination to be free II

【Therefore, in this instance teachers lead you neither to the path for persons of small capacity, who make their goal the mere happiness of cyclic existence, nor to the path for persons of medium capacity, who make their goal the mere liberation from cyclic existence for their own sake. Rather, they take some of the paths that are common to these two types of persons and make them prerequisites for leading you to the path for persons of great capacity. Thus they make them components of the training in the path for person of great capacity. 】

So from here, we recognize that Venerable Asvaghosa explicitly expressed in the preceding deeds that give rise to virtuous rebirth, and the second is deeds that give rise to peace and disenchantment. So what about cultivating great capacity? The practitioner still needs both of the above foundations as part of the branches of the Mahayana path, and then further advance to the goal of acting with “supreme disenchantment” and helping all living beings in the Dharma Dhatu to be free from the suffering of cyclic existence. So this is not merely talking about small capacity, not merely allowing you to achieve small capacity with the attainment of a rebirth as a human or deity. The medium capacity covered here is not merely for your own advancement toward liberation. It is rather to apply the preceding two shared paths as the foundation for great capacity, as a step-by-step guide, this we have to understand. Thus, what is the true purpose of using the guidance for the three types of persons, why do we do that? What is the purpose? It is still to guide us to achieve the most laudable act of disenchantment, to resolve all problems. It can resolve all problems, and completely achieve all good qualities. This is the purpose.

SOURCE 来源 :

33B 25’26”Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P31 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P132 to P133

日常师父法语📡33B 25’26”手抄稿第5册P31 L5

道次引导 : 殊胜的出离行II

【是故此中非导令趣，唯以三有之乐，为所欲得下士夫道，及为自利唯脱生死，为所欲得中士夫道，是将少许共彼二道，作上士道引导前行，为修上士道之支分。】

那么从这个上面，我们晓得他马鸣阿阇黎说得很清楚，前面一个那个是善趣行，第二个是寂静行、出离行。那么修大乘道的时候呢？他还是要学上面这个两样东西，做为上士道的支分、一部分，然后呢，进一步所达到的目的就是“殊胜的出离行”，要帮助法界一切有情解决生死轮回痛苦。所以说，他并不是单单讲下士道，并不是单单让你达到下士，得到人天；讲中士也不单单是教你自己进一步说解脱生死；而是要把下面这两个共同的基础做为上士道的基础，引导这个一步一步地上去，这个是我们要了解的。所以他真正用三士道引导的目的，为什么要这样引导呢？目的何在呢？还是引导我们能够达到最殊胜的出离行，圆满一切问题，圆满地解决一切问题，圆满地得到一切功德，这个是他所要的。