【The Origin of Suffering】-  Importance of establishing the correct view (1)

However at this point, we might also feel, "Ah-ya! Now that we heard this teaching, we can practice. But we would then feel that we don't seem to act in accordance to the teaching here and there." Yes! But if you turn around and go backwards, can you act in accordance to the teaching? When you turn around and go backwards, can you act in accordance to the teaching? This is the first question. Therefore to answer this first question, you will certainly not act in accordance to the teaching when you turn around and go backwards. So then what if you continue to go forward? To go forward and advance, you absolutely cannot reach the sky in a single bound. You will have to do so gradually. Therefore the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have told us this very clearly, to be able to advance, you must have a grasp of the stages and the fundamentals. Don't be saying this from the very beginning, "Oh, I have to go do a sitting meditation first. I have to go and prostrate to the Buddha!" What is the very first thing that you must do? You need to establish the correct view!

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74B 27’42” Vol 10 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P68 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P306

日常师父法语📡74B 27’42”手抄稿第10册P68 L3

希求解脱 : 建立正知见的重要 1

不过到这地方，我们又觉得：哎呀！听了这个佛法，修行了，现在觉得这样地不如理，那样地不如理。是！你回去了你又如理了吗？你回去你如理了吗？是第一个问题。所以这第一个问题，回去是一定不如理，那么然后呢你走上去，走上去绝对不可能一步登天的，一定慢慢地来。所以这佛菩萨告诉我们很清楚哦，所以你走上去一定要把握得住这个次第根本，不要说一开头：哎哟，我先要去打坐，要去拜佛啊！你第一个要什么？建立正知见！