#大宝法王超话[超话]#

Becoming independent practitioners

The main point is that if we are going to be real practitioners of the dharma, then we need to become independent practitioners, people who actually know how to practice by learning how to be quite direct and honest with ourselves. We might think we can always be sitting in front of our teacher or master and practice the dharma by continually receiving advice from him or her about what we should and should not do. But if we are always in need of advice, then someone who can give us advice is not always going to be there for us.

Therefore, we have to learn how to pay attention to what is going on in our own minds and figure out what are our faults, and what are our qualities, and what is the way to distinguish between faults and qualities. Instead of constantly looking to something that is outside of us, we have to develop the ability to pay attention in a mindful way and an insightful way to what is actually happening within us, so that we can become capable, autonomous practitioners of the dharma.

His Holiness The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
from the book "Heart Advice of the Karmapa"🌷🙏🌷🙏🌷🙏

成为独立修行者

关键在于，若我们要成为真正的佛法修行者，那就需要成为独立修行者，即真正懂得修行的人，他们懂得如何对自己保持直接坦诚，以此学会修行。我们或许会认为，自己总能坐在老师或上师面前，通过不断接受他/她关于我们该做什么、不该做什么的建议来修行佛法。然而，如果我们总是需要建议，那么能给我们建议的人未必能一直陪伴在我们身边。

因此，我们必须学会关注自己内心的动态，弄清楚自己的缺点是什么、优点是什么，以及如何区分缺点和优点。我们不能总是向外寻求，而要培养以正念和洞察的方式关注自身内心实际发生之事的能力，如此，我们才能成为有能力、自主的佛法修行者。

第十七世大宝法王噶玛巴·邬金钦列多杰
摘自《噶玛巴的心要教言》一书🌷🙏🌷🙏🌷🙏