【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- What is the actual entrance to the Mahayana?

【 b) Why one guides students through such stages
Why one guides students through such stages is explained in terms of the actual reason and the purpose. 】

Thus, next the author tells us the reason why he guides us with such stages for the 3 types of persons. The first part is “the actual reason,” the second is “the purpose.” First, he explains the reason, and the second is to clarify the benefits of doing so. And what is the effect? The first part.

i) The actual reason
The entrance to the Mahayana is solely the spirit of supreme enlightenment.

What is the actual entrance to the Mahayana? It is to develop the most laudable spirit of ultimate enlightenment. We have to properly recognize this, it is very important, and extremely crucial! In other words, what is the actual practice of the root of Mahayana Buddha Dharma? It is the aspiration of the spirit of ultimate enlightenment. Whenever you have generated this aspiration and cultivated the deeds, both are the true collections for perfect Buddhahood. Otherwise, if this aspiration is missing, no matter how many good deeds you have done, well, you are still circling “outside the doorway”. 

SOURCE 来源 :

34A 04’08”Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P39 L8
English Lamrim Vol 1 P133

日常师父法语📡34A 04’08”手抄稿第5册P39 L8

道次引导 : 怎么才算入大乘门？

【第二如是次第引导之因相分二，① 正明因相, ② 所为义。 今初】

那么，下面就告诉我们，为什么要这样去三士道引导的原因，第一个是“正明因相”，二是“所为义”。第一个先说明这个原因，那么第二个就说明他这样去做有什么好处？产生什么功效？今初，

【转趣大乘能入之门者，谓即发心于胜菩提。】

真正地进入大乘的门是什么？就是发殊胜的大菩提心。这个我们要正确地认识哦，非常重要、非常重要的！真正学大乘佛法的根本，换句话说，在什么地方？就是发大菩提心。你什么时候开始发了这个心，然后你修这个行，都是圆满佛果的真正的资粮；否则，如果这个心没有发的话，不管你做多少好事情的话，欸，那还在门外转。