【Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels】- become close to Buddha or me

Therefore, normally we should pay attention, we should tell ourselves often that we wish to learn from Buddha, we should be close to Buddha, and serve Buddha. How do we become close to him? How do we serve him? It is to take your mind, and think of him with your whole heart, think of him with your whole heart.

Who do we think of now? If we don’t ask and examine ourselves, we are still clueless and do not realize it. Once we examine ourselves carefully, then it’s hard to say [that you truly think of Buddha]. With myself, in my own experience, who do we normally rely on? We rely on the “ego self.” We are always serving the “ego self.” Oh! My head hurts, hurry! I need to find some medicine. Ah, maybe it’s lack of nutrition, and couldn’t sleep that well last night… All day long, you are busy for this, just like that. It’s not that you should neglect it (the body), you do need it. What do we need it for? We need it to practice. We need to recognize this point. Because you need to use it for practice, therefore you should give it the least required amount of nourishment. That is why Buddha tells us this again and again, you do need this car. Ah, you do need to wax the car but it’s only a wax for the car. Pay attention here! Do not be deceived by this car.

SOURCE 来源 :

45B 13’42” Vol 6 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P164 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P188

日常师父法语📡45B 13’42” 手抄稿第6册P164 LL2

皈依 : 亲近佛与亲近我

我们常常告诉我们自己，我们要学佛，我们应该亲近佛，应该承事佛。怎么亲近法？怎么承事法？就是把你的心，一心想着他，一心想着他。

现在我们想着谁呀？不问、不检查还迷哩糊噜不知道，仔细检查一下就很难说。以我来说，我的经验，我们平常亲近的，亲近「我」，一天到晚承事「我」：喔唷！头痛哦，赶快！找一点什么药吃一吃。啊，什么营养大概不好，昨天晚上睡觉都睡不好……。一天到晚忙它这个东西，这样。不是说不要，要的，我们要它干什么？用来修行，这一点要认识。因为要它修行，所以你对它起码的给养是要的。所以这个佛一再告诉我们，这个车子要它用的；欸，涂车的油要的，只是仅仅涂车的油啊，注意到！千万不要被这部车子骗掉了。