【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】- Only choice is to listen to the Buddha

Once you've gained this correct understanding, what will you inevitably do? You will conscientiously abide by the ethical disciplines. It is because we've come to understand that our arising thoughts are nothing more than accordance of ignorance. Yet for the principles of emptiness and dependent arising, "dependent arising is profound." Only the Buddha can ultimately understand it. This is a fact. In other words, for the cause in the phenomenon of karma and dependent arising, the very first cause, no living being can possibly find it. For anything we experience presently, you absolutely cannot find [its beginning cause]. Just like that. Only the Buddha can see it clearly. Since everything is subjected to the principle of a cause producing a corresponding effect, how do you know what type of effect will this cause issue? Do we know? Of course we do not. By then, your only choice is to listen to the Buddha. Thus when the Buddha tells you, you cannot do this, then you honestly, by keeping to the rules, respectfully and conscientiously practice it. You will go in depth step by step and you will reap the benefits one step at a time. Thus in the beginning, prior to having any understanding, the only way [to learn] is to follow a teacher. When he tells you how to do something, you do it that way. Whatever he tells you not to do, you don't do it. Whatever he tells you to do, you do it. That's how it is. The principle is right here. It is that simple.

SOURCE 来源 :

61B 15’29” Vol 8 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P172 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P248

日常师父法语📡61B 15’29” 手抄稿第8册P172 L4

业果 : 唯一的办法——听佛

因为你有了这个正确的认识，所以你必定会什么？认真持戒。因为我们了解我们起心动念无非都是无明相应的，对于这个空缘起的道理，这“缘起甚深”哪，只有佛与佛乃能究竟，这个事实。换句话说，对于这个业感缘起这个因，最初因，我们众生没有一个人，绝无可能找到，眼前我们任何一件事情，你绝对找不到，这样。这件事情只有佛才能看得清楚，那么既然一切的事情都由这个业因所感得的果的话，你怎么晓得这个因感得什么果呢？我们能知道吗？当然不知道。那个时候，你唯一的办法—听佛，所以佛告诉你，这个不能做，你老老实实、规规矩矩、恭恭敬敬、认认真真去做，你一步比一步深，一步比一步好处。所以刚开始我们不了解之前，唯一的办法，就是依照着老师，他告诉你怎么做，就这么样做；他告诉你不要做，你就不要做；他告诉你要做，你就是要做，就是这样，这个道理就在这地方，这么简单。