【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Before practicing, first understand the concepts clearly

Often, during the course of our practice, we encounter some instructions and start applying them. Maybe some people are not like this, we may have more or less studied some, but the stages we have studied are incomplete. Without the proper steps, when one hears instructions from somewhere else, “Well! That is right, this one I have not heard before!” “Sure! There is this type of issue here [in my current practice]!” So it causes you to have doubts, and then you don’t know what to adopt or cast aside, this is one type. What about another type? “In this case, I will leave this step alone!” And you go ahead with your own practice, this is even worse. Once you begin to practice, there will certainly be issues. Because of your lack of understanding beforehand and lack of preparation, when you get to that juncture, the problem emerges and you don’t know what to do about it. Ah! By that time, such suffering is unspeakable, and you will keep circling at that same spot without knowing when to stop.

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36A 20’17” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P114 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P139

日常师父法语📡36A 20’17” 手抄稿第5册P114 L7

道次引导 : 修行前先把概念弄清楚

平常我们修行过程当中，总是碰到什么就忙着去修，虽然有的人不一定这样，多多少少学了一点，可是啊这个学的次第都不圆满。次第不圆满，所以你碰到别的地方，听人家这么一讲的话，“欸！对呀，这个我没听见过啊！”“对啊！这个有这个问题啊！”于是就使得你怀疑了，怀疑了以后你也不晓得如何取舍，这是一种。还有一种呢？“这样我就不去管它了！”你去修行，更糟糕。因为你修行过程当中，的的确确有实际上的问题。因为你事前既不了解，也没有准备，修行到那个阶段当中，问题出现了，你也不晓得怎么办是好。啊！到那个时候苦不堪言，然后在那儿一转倒是不晓得转到什么时候。