【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】- I am right, you are wrong

We would often say, “You as a person, [to even compare you to] animals, you are not even worthy of animals!” Ah, truly, the more I think about it, the more I think it's true. This [phrase] is really like [the words of] a great excellent teachers. We truly are no better than animals.Animals would not do so many wrongdoings as we do. They would not say, "Oh! I am right, you are wrong." This is actually a very real fact. Therefore, if this person "hope[s] to be the best of religious persons,"[but feels this about himself,] "Eh, he is right. He understands. He is pure!" Ah!This is truly the worst of the worst, the worst of the worst."Worst", the worst form of foolishness! So the scriptures tell us, "For a foolish person to think that he has wisdom, I am sorry! This person is the worst among the childish."Lastly, the former teacher warns us,

【At the very least, understand what is being said with regard to the teachings and examine yourself accordingly.】

So no matter how worse you get, how worse you get,you absolutely should not think that, "I already understand!I already understand!" Even if you have read all the three scriptural collections, the twelve classical texts, the Buddha has explained this very clearly. He said, "The teachings that I taught are as much as the dust particles in the fingernails. The teachings that I have not spoken areas much as the earth!" We would now read a little and believe we understand much. This is truly ridiculous to the extreme!

SOURCE 来源 :

62A 09’49” Vol 8 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P187 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P249

日常师父法语📡62A 09’49”手抄稿第8册P187 LL2

业果 : 我对、你错

所以我们常常说：“你这个人畜生，畜生都不如！”唉呀，的的确确我现在越想越对，这个真是我大善知识。我们的确畜生都不如，畜生还不会造这么多大坏事，畜生不会说：“哦！我对、你错。”这一个倒是千真万确的事实。所以在这个地方，他自己还“妄希为法者”—欸，他对、他懂、他净！啊！这个真是最差、最差的，“极”，最差的愚痴啊！所以经上面告诉我们：这愚痴的人自以为智的话，对不起！这个人是极顶愚痴的人。所以最后祖师警告我们哪：

【故其极下，亦莫思为于法已解。】

所以你再差、再差，你千万不要觉得，说：“我已经懂啦！我已经懂啦！”你就算三藏十二部教典都看过了，佛说得清清楚楚，说：“我讲的法如爪上土，我没有讲的法是大地土啊！”现在我们随便看了一点点就觉得懂得很多，那实在是可笑极啦！