【The Three Types of Persons 道次引导】Stages of guidance of the Mahayana path 大乘道的引导次第

【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Stages of guidance of the Mahayana path

【Also, the Four Hundred Stanzas states that the order of the path is definite: 】

So here it is the same, the author quotes from various scriptures to explain and to instruct us with the guidance of this system, which is definitely free from confusion. How was it said?

【Initially, you stop the nonmeritorious.
In the middle, you stop the misconception of self.
Finally, you put an end to all bad views;
One who knows this is an adept. 】

“Stop the nonmeritorious,” this is the purpose of the shared small capacity: stop the nonmeritorious and engage in the meritorious activities. What merit should we engage in?
Merit that lead us to high status. What is “stop the misconception of self”? That is the transcendence of cyclic existence, which is the middle capacity. And then? “Put an end to all bad views,” where self-of-the-person and self-of-the-phenomena are totally eliminated, just like that. This is the Mahayana path. In this manner, these are the inevitable stages under skillful guidance.

【It says the path has a definite order.】

This same instruction is given from various source.

SOURCE 来源 :

36B 23’55” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P131 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P141

日常师父法语📡36B 23’55” 手抄稿第5册P131 L2

道次引导 : 大乘道的引导次第

【《四百论》中，亦说道次第极为决定，】

那么这个也同样的，他举各式各样的论典来说明，说明这个引导的这个次第是确定不疑的。怎么说啊？

【“先遮止非福，中间破除我，后断一切见，若知为善巧。”】

“遮止非福”那就是共下士的，遮止非福造福业，造福业是什么啊？增上生。“破除我”是什么？那就是共中士，超脱生死轮回。然后呢？“后断一切见”，人、法我执彻底破除，这样，这是大乘道。这样的话，这是善巧地引导的必然次第。

【此说道有决定次第。】

每一个地方都这样说的。