【 Cultivating Ethical Behaviour 业果】the way of purification through the four powers 四力净修道理者

【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】- the way of purification through the four powers

【b" In particular, the way of purification through the four powers】

So number two (part b"), it goes further to tell us especially of the principles on confession. And the stages are still very plain and very clear. Do you see that? Therefore, we would normally, for instance, we would do the three-refuge. But before we go for refuge, we must first do a confession. What's the reason for that? You must first make it clean before you can continue to accumulate on top of that. We can use a day to day example. It is something that we talk about frequently. For instance, if you wish to eat, whatever you are to cook, you must wash the raw materials beforehand. It's not just to wash the things to be cooked. Even after you are done cooking, the bowls used [to contain the food] need to be clean as well! Otherwise, if you don't clean things well, after you cook it, the pesticide is still there, as well as the soil. If you eat it, even if you don't die of toxins, you may not digest it. That won't work! Therefore, one must confess the previous wrongdoings. Not only do the previous wrongdoings need to be confessed, even if something happens to go wrong in the future, you will need to confess.

SOURCE 来源 :

62B 18’41” Vol 8 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P208 LL1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P251

日常师父法语📡62B 18’41”手抄稿第8册P208 LL1

业果 : 四力净修道理者

【第二特以四力净修道理者。】

那么第二，进一步特别的现在我们要拿这个忏悔的道理，然后这个层次还是很清楚、很明白，看见没有？所以我们平常譬如说三皈依，皈依之前一定要先来一个忏悔，为什么原因？先要把以前弄干净了，那么然后这个上面积累上去才可以。平常举一个例子，常常说的，譬如说你要吃，做任何东西，事前你把它洗洗干净。不要说煮的时候洗洗干净，那煮好了你那个碗还得弄弄干净啊！否则的话你如果不干净的话，煮下来，这个农药也在上面，泥土也在上面，吃下去，不把你毒死嘛，就把你吃得不消化，那个不行啊！所以它一定要忏悔以往的，以往的固然要忏悔，将来万一不行也要忏悔。