【The Three Types of Persons 道次引导】how is the superiority mentality formed? 为何有增上慢？

【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- how is the superiority mentality formed?

So how is this superiority mentality formed? It is because we are totally clueless about the genuine essence of the stages of the path; we have no understanding at all! We just hear people say, “Well, this Mahayana Buddha Dharma is great!” “Oh! Of course, I am also great.”

There is no exception, as long as this “self” is there, it is accompanied by this pride. This arrogance will lead you to highly overestimate yourself, “Oh, since this teaching is super and great, of course, I am super and great!” Actually, are you at the level of this super and great? You don’t have a clue! So this is known as the mentality of superiority. With this mentality of superiority, is there any possibility to practice the teaching? It is absolutely not possible. So now the author has clearly and explicitly laid out the stages, all you have to do is to do a comparison and realize, “Alas, it is not so! I don’t even know enough from the kindergarten or elementary level. To claim I know something about college is so ridiculous!” This superiority mentality is then destroyed/ tamed.

SOURCE 来源 :

36A 28’35” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P118 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P139

日常师父法语📡36A 28’35”手抄稿第5册P118 L3

道次引导 : 为何有增上慢？

那么为什么有这个增上慢？就是对于这个真正修学的次第内涵完全不明白，一点都不清楚啊！只晓得人家说：“哦，这个大乘佛法好！”“欸！那我当然好。”没有一个人例外的，只要“我”在，一定有这个我慢。我慢都是把自己估得高高的，“哦，既然这个很高、很大，我当然高、当然大啊！”实际上你够不够这个高、大的量？不知道！所以这个叫增上慢心。有了这个增上慢心，有没有可能修行啊？绝无可能。所以他现在把这个次第很清楚、很明白摆在那里，你只要一衡量，觉得：“唉呀，不行啊！我连它幼稚园的东西都不知道，小学的东西都不知道，说大学那真是荒唐极了！