【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】- The faults of having interest in this life

We now understand this principle. We now have the correct quality (the exact attributes to the attitude). The second one, what is the correct measure of that [attitude]? Number two.

【b) The measure of the attitude of a person of small capacity】

This needs to be examined first! This is on the quality [or attribute], to see whether the attitude is exact or not. And then how strong should the attitude be and what it would indicate.

【Previously you have had an uncontrived interest in this life, while your interest in future lives has merely
been an understanding that follows what others say. 】

We should examine, examine ourselves. If you have the attitude of “uncontrived interest”, what is an uncontrived interest? That means that it is unerringly just that way. Unerringly, what is unerringly that way? That you have an “interest in this life”, you seek for things of this life in your heart. In this case, to say that you have an interest in future lives will just be empty words. This part is the path that is shared with the people of the small capacity. To be on the path that is shared with those of the small capacity, what is the real foundation to the path of the small capacity that it has told us? It is to take interest in future lives. Why should we take interest in future lives? That is because we can see it very clearly! At the moment of death, what would this life come to? What would this life come to? A pile of ashes! Other than ashes, there is also nonvirtuous karma! You cannot bring any of the ashes with you, and then, the nonvirtuous karma will send you to hell. Hence the things of this life are absolutely not what we need.

SOURCE 来源 :

65B 07’55” Vol 9 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P23 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P261

日常师父法语📡65B 07’55” 手抄稿第9册P23 L6

业果 : 求现世的过患

这个道理懂得了，这个质有了，第二，量是什么呢？第二。

【第二生此意乐之量者。】

这个检查一下哦！质就是它对不对，那么这个质要到什么程度及内容的状态？

【谓先有无伪，希求现世，其求后世，唯虚言辞。】

我们检查、检查看，假定你现在心里边有“无伪”，什么叫无伪？硬是不错的。不错，什么不错？“求现世”，你那心里面求现世的。那么在这种状态当中，你所谓的求的后世就是空话。这个地方共下士哦，共下士告诉我们的真正的下士基础什么？就是求后世。为什么要求后世？因为我们看得很清楚嘛！到临终的时候，现世是什么啊？现世是什么啊？一堆灰！灰以外，恶业！灰是一点带不去，然后呢，恶业是把你送到地狱里面去。所以这现世是绝对不是我们需要的。