【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Consequently, as they have already developed lower paths, they can be led to successively higher paths -1

【Consequently, as they have already developed lower paths, they can be led to successively higher paths, and thus their own path from practice in earlier lives will not be delayed. 】

We should know that starting from the very basic, “lower paths” – from the very initial stage, we can be guided to advance to the highest level. So toward one’s own aspiration to practice the higher paths, one should not slow down. “Delay” means going in big circle, and “delay” also means to slow down. Thus, we should know this concept here is particularly important, one of the most critical. For us true practitioners of Buddha Dharma, although we are ordinary beings, regardless of whether we have or have not practiced the teachings before, now the author is guiding us to begin from the initial stage. We may say, “So why not just tell us how to practice, why bother with all the above instructions?” That is not the point! The point is it has its great reasoning. Even to cultivate from the initial stage – certainly! The most basic one is the rarity of leisure and opportunity of the human form, although it is indeed rare, and you don’t seem to need to do anything important/special. Just by telling you what kind of advantages the higher level has, and once you have more understanding of the benefits of (attaining) perfect Buddhahood, the more you know about it, the more motivated you will be to cultivate, right?

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36B 14’17” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P126 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P140

日常师父法语📡36B 14’17” 手抄稿第5册P126 L5

道次引导 : 若生下下，可导上上-1

【若生下下，可导上上，故于自道非为迂缓。】

要晓得，你从最下面，“下下”—最下面的，可以引导我们走到最上面的，所以对自己要修的这个上乘，绝对不慢。“迂”就是转了个大圈子，“缓”就是慢。那么这个地方我们要晓得啊，这个特别重要的，有一个概念是特别重要的。我们现在真正修学佛法的人，尽管我们说凡夫，不管他已经修过、没有修过，现在这里引导我们却是从最下面的地方引导起。我们说：“那么你教我们怎么修不就好了，何必说上面的？”不！它有个大道理。单单修最下面的—是！最下面的就是暇满人身难得，难得是难得，然后呢你好像也没有什么一定要做太重要的事情哪；告诉你，告诉你最上面的，说最上面的有什么特别好处，这个佛的圆满的好处，你了解了越多啊，那个时候你就想修了，对吧？