【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Self-reflection

Nowadays, let’s just say that you aspire to practice the teaching, would you mind sparing some time to help others? No, you don’t want to! Then why should others come to help you? Why? May I ask, have you thought about this or ever reflected on it? This is a very simple question. Practitioners should be worldly people with a sense of morality, right! Is your selfishness considered moral? Does it count as morality? Well, so I believe… does not matter what you were thinking, upon more reflection the more embarrassment would arise. Thus, let me tell you, in the past, my eyes were arrogantly up here, on top of my head. Why? Gradually, on one hand, I listened to this reasoning often enough, but on the other hand, I have been scolded. There are benefits to being scolded! More or less I am willing to introspect. So those of you here today, if you are willing to listen to me, I want to tell you that introspection is very important. Once you can introspect, then the situation for your practice is different. Gradually my eyes lower to here, then to here. Why are they here? Because I am afraid to look at others, definitely don’t dare to look! By reflecting on it later, alas, you would sense that arrogance is totally meritless! There isn’t enough time for you to confess everything with all your might, and you feel embarrassed when facing others. This feeling is absolutely true! That is how it works.

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33B 00’16”Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P19 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P131

日常师父法语📡33B 00’16”手抄稿第5册P19 L2

道次引导 : 反省

现在我们随便说，你们要修行，你愿不愿意损失一点时间帮别人去？不愿意！那么为什么别人要来帮你忙？为什么啊？你有没有想过这一点，有没有想过这一点？请问。这个问题非常简单。修行人是世间讲道德的人吧！你这样自私自利算道德吗？算道德吗？哎呀，所以我想想……不管你怎么想，想到后来是越想越惭愧，所以我告诉你们我以前这个眼睛生在这里—头顶上。为什么？就一方面这个道理慢慢地多多少少多听一点，一方面被骂，骂了以后还有好处喔！我多多少少还肯自己反省。所以如果说，诸位今天觉得听得进我这个话的话，我告诉你们反省非常重要，你肯反省的时候，那情况就不一样了。慢慢地我的眼睛到这里，到最后眼睛到这里，为什么到这里啊？不敢看了，的确不敢看哪！你回头一想的话，唉呀，觉得一无是处啊！你简直是拼命忏悔都来不及，看见那些人就惭愧，这是千真万确的事实喔！这样。