【The Origin of Suffering】- he greatest affliction enemy

【The enemy that is my afflictions
Has lasted a long time, without beginning or end.
No other enemy has the power
To last for such a long time.】

Much like all the enemies, it would be impossible for anyone to be an enemy for that long. However, there is one exception - affliction. This affliction enemy lasted without beginning or end. Ah! No enemy can be like that. Contrary to that, for any affliction enemy,

【Given appropriate service and attention
 Everyone helps you and makes you happy,
But if you serve your afflictions
 They only inflict further suffering.】

For others, even if they are enemies, if you can smile at them nicely, can give them appropriate service and attention, they will more or less say, "Fine, fine, fine, seeing that you have done this, I will ease up a little." But afflictions are not like that! I am sorry. You may have taken it with great care, but it will come back and harm you even more. Hence "they are not to be endured without anger"! When we talk about cultivation, we don't know what we are cultivating. If we don't even know this, can we even say we are cultivating? Hence this is what we must know.

SOURCE 来源 :

73B 15’29” Vol 10 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P30 L1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P302

日常师父法语📡73B 15’29” 手抄稿第10册P30 L1

希求解脱 : 烦恼大冤家

【如我烦恼敌，长时无始终，余敌皆不能，至如是久远。】

就像所有的敌人，绝不可能跟我怨家对头这么长的，有一样东西例外—烦恼，这个烦恼怨家是无始无终。啊！没有任何一个敌人能够这样的。反过来，任何一个烦恼怨家，

【若随顺承事，悉为作利乐，若亲诸烦恼，返作苦损恼。】

别的人，就是怨家，你能够好好地笑，你能够承奉他，他也多多少少，好、好、好，看在你这个面上就放松你一点。烦恼不是哦！对不起，你呀把它这么看得处处的好，它伤害你更加厉害，所以说“忍非处应呵”啊！我们现在谈修行，不晓得修些什么，这个都不知道，谈什么修行呢？所以这里我们必定要知道。