Quotable Quotes That Have Inspired You, like 人无远虑，必有近忧

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another of Master Ri-Chang’s often used exhortation:

我是来学佛，还是来学我？
Am I trying to learn from Buddha or am I trying to learn on my terms?

Taken from Master’s Lamrim Commentary Track 86A:

这个“学”常常记住：我是来学佛，还是来学我？如果学我，对的，那“我觉得这个事情这样的，我觉得这个事情这样的。”你做对了，因为你本来就学我嘛，对吧！当然“你觉得、你觉得”没有错。现在呢，不是，要跟他学。如果要跟他学的话，当他这个概念跟你不相应的时候，你立刻检点了：“对了，对了，那他是这么说的，我是这么想的，问题来了。”然后呢，你仔细地要把他佛三宝说的话认识，他的内容什么？我为什么做不到？这个一个一个找出来。

This reminds me to be mindful not to wilfully interpret Buddha’s teachings based on my own preference and for my own liking.

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An often heard battlecry from Master Ri-Chang:

跟烦恼斗！

Referencing the Lamrim Commentary Track 86B

【烦恼稍出，即应用矛数数击刺，此复自心随何烦恼生己无间，视如怨敌与之斗战。】
Further, you must see any affliction as an enemy and attack it as soon as it arises in your mind.
【若不尔者，初起忍受非理作意，令其资养成无可敌，唯随彼行。】
Otherwise, if you acquiesce when it first appears, and then nurture it with improper thoughts, you will have no way to delete it, and it will conquer you in the end.

:muscle:

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> 信为欲依，欲为勤依

My rough translation:
desire is built on faith, diligence is then built on this desire (the desire here refers to the desire for the Teachings)

Master Ri-Chang explains it here:

你要努力去做！可是要努力去做要什么？要信心，有了信心你就生起这个欲，“信为欲依，欲为勤依”。你有了正确的了解，那个时候才启发信心，有了信心这个善法欲就起 (p99) 来了，有了善法欲就精进就起来了。那么“了解”哪来的？听闻，依靠善知识。
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