【The Varieties of Karma】- The cause of consummate lineage

【3) The cause of consummate lineage is first overcoming pride】

This is "lineage". In other words, it is your family background. Why is one born in a noble family background? He is humble and respectful to others on all occasions. Because you are humble and respect others, therefore, for this virtuous cause, others will respect you as soon as you are born. Now you are full of pride and arrogance at all times, you look down on others. I am sorry. The same thing will happen to you later, it will happen to you too.

【and then making obeisance and so forth to gurus and the like, and respecting others as if you were their servant. 】

To your gurus and the like, you make obeisance, you respect them as if you were their servant. You should know that the guru [and the like] is a weighty merit field, a weighty merit field. When you are a householder, this would be your parents and the like. When you are a renunciate, this would be the Three Jewels, the teachers, the Buddha and the like. This extends as far as to those who are just wearing the robes. That is why we should make a note of this! As soon as one wears this monastic robe, as soon as one wears it, no matter what the person's real conduct is, as soon as you see this robe, ah! This is the pure insignia of the three worlds. There is no wrong in being respectful to it. The benefit is yours. If you are respectful to him, he may not derive benefits from this. Amitabha Buddha! If you are respectful, then the benefit you obtain will commensurate with the amount of respect you give! This is what we should understand.

SOURCE 来源 :

60A 22’02” Vol 8 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P124 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P245

日常师父法语📡60A 22’02”手抄稿第8册P124 LL4

业果 : 种姓圆满的因

【第三者谓摧伏慢心，】

还有这个是“族姓”，就换句话是出身，他为什么出身就高贵呢？他处处地方谦下尊重别人。因为你谦下尊重别人，所以，你这个善因，你一出生人家就会尊重你。你现在处处地方自己觉得憍慢，瞧不起别人，对不起，你到那个时候也是这样，你也是这个样。

【于尊长等，勤礼拜等，于他恭敬，犹如仆使。】

对于尊长等等，是勤礼拜，于他恭敬，犹如仆使。要晓得这个尊长是重福田，重福田，在家是自己的父母等等，出家是三宝、师长、佛等等，乃至于他只要穿了这身衣服。所以我们注意哦！穿了这种衣服，一穿这种衣服，不管他自己里边的行持如何，你一看见这件衣服，哎哟！这个是三世清净幢相，你对他恭敬总不错，得到的好处，总是你的。你恭敬，他不一定得到好处欸，可是阿弥陀佛啊！你恭敬他，你有几分恭敬，就得到多少好处啊！这个是我们要了解的。