【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】- the power of foundation  

Number four, the power of foundation  

【4" The power of the foundation  
The fourth power is going for refuge to the three
jewels and cultivating the spirit of enlightenment.
[198】

This sentence is a very simple sentence. Actually all of Buddhism’s content is contained in this sentence.  All of Buddhism’s content is completely contained in this sentence.  Therefore, if you have not listened to the earlier lectures or you have not understood it well, then you need to go back and get a very good understanding in a hurry.  If you do not understand the concepts of refuge at all, then your so called learning Buddhism, is merely planting a small virtuous root, merely a virtuous root.

Let’s revisit this topic. As for foundation, what we are really talking about is refuge, refuge and reliance.

SOURCE 来源 :

63B 17’50” Vol 8 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P246 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P254

日常师父法语📡63B 17’50” 手抄稿第8册P246 L4

业果 : 依止力

第四呢，依止力，

【第四力者，谓修皈依及菩提心。】

这个话，非常简单的两句话，实际上这个整个佛法的内涵，就在这两句话当中，整个佛法的内涵，完完全全在这个两句话当中。所以如果说你前面没有听，或者没有懂的话，赶快回过头去好好地来了解一下。如果说对于这皈依的概念根本不认识的话，那个所谓修学佛法的话，那都只是一点善根而已，善根而已。

这个地方我们不妨重新再提一下：所谓依止，我们现在这里就是说皈依，皈投依靠。