【The Origin of Suffering】- Shutting oneself up in a room making a cart, your whole life’s effort in vain

Here, some would say, "Ah-ya! Before I listened to this, I had felt like I wanted to cultivate. But after I heard this, I am truly afraid to cultivate!" Yes, it is unavoidable for some to have that thought. But this is exactly the opposite of my understanding now. If I did not listen to this – not to mention that there's no need to talk about this if one is not cultivating - even if you do want to cultivate and you do not want to listen, may I ask, how do you know how to train? If you do not listen to the contents of which you are going to train in, after training for a while, are you on track? It is like shutting oneself up in a room making a cart. Your whole life's effort could be in vain without you being aware of it. You may even train for long time and end up sending yourself to hell. You won't even know that. And you think that you are on the right track. How preposterous! Therefore if you truly wish to cultivate, you will be happy upon hearing this, "Ah-ya, this is right! I had wanted to cultivate before, but as for why and how I should be doing that, I didn't know! After training for a long period of time, I was busy for nothing and have wasted my efforts! It is only until today that I have finally recognized it. I am so happy!" By then, you will be so happy, why would you be afraid?

SOURCE 来源 :

74B 23’52” Vol 10 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P66 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P306

日常师父法语📡74B 23’52”手抄稿第10册P66 L6

希求解脱 : 闭门造车，空忙一生

说到这里，有人就说：“哎呀！我不听还觉得心里想修行，听了以后真是不敢修行！”是，有的人难免会生起这个想法，在我现在的认识恰恰相反。我不听啊—固然，不谈修行的人不说；就是你谈修行，你不听，请问你修些什么啊？你不听，要修的内容，你修了半天修对了吗？说我们闭门造车，空忙一生还不知道，乃至于修了半天，把自己送下地狱去不知道，还偏偏觉得这个对，何其颠倒啊！所以如果你真的想修，听见了才高兴：“哎呀，对啦！我以前要想修行，原来为什么修行、如何修行都不知道！修了半天，是白忙一程，白费气力啊！到今天才认识了才高兴啊！”那时高兴都来不及，哪里会害怕？