【The Three Types of Persons 道次引导】Even when we are ill, we need to strive with all our might. 生了病，更拼命

【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Even when we are ill, we need to strive with all our might.

So here the text specifically tells us that, in the beginning, we have to contemplate and analyze more on this human life of leisure and opportunity. If we recognize this human life of leisure and opportunity, you can generate the proper mental capacity. In fact, at the present, everything can be left behind; all can be let go regardless of how important it is. Alas! A moment later, we can’t let go of this task, and that thing has to stay, how hopeless! Needless to talk about the external issues, even with internal matters… I have seen too many such typical examples of practitioners. For now, we encounter any small illness and then we claim that we cannot practice! Alas, I feel embarrassed for myself in this aspect; all the patriarchs are alike, they strived even harder when they were ill. Why? Because illness is the cause of death! Ah! When you are about to die, you can hardly wait to practice with all your might before your last breath! How can one say, “Well, I am ill, fine, that is it, just lay there and forget about everything else!” [The patriarchs] would slowly… even when they were ill they would strive with all their might, is there anything else more important than practicing the teaching?

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35B 20’59”Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P99 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P138

日常师父法语📡35B 20’59”手抄稿第5册P99 L5

道次引导 : 生了病，更拼命

所以他这个地方特别告诉我们，刚开始的时候，我们要多思惟观察这个暇满的人身，如果我们这个暇满的人身，真正地能够如理如量地修起来了以后，眼前说实在的，什么事情都丢得掉，什么事情都丢掉了！不管再大的事情。唉呀！等一下外面这个事情放不下，那个事情放不下，绝对不可能！不要说外面的事情，里边的事情啊……我看见太多这种真正典型的修行人。我们现在碰见一点小小的病啦，说不行！唉，我自己觉得这个地方真惭愧，那些祖师们都是这样，碰见了病更拼命，为什么？病是死因啊！啊！你快死了，你赶快还趁那一口气还在的时候，拼命修都来不及啊！哪里会说：唉，病了，好了、好了，躺在那里不管了！慢慢地……病了都拼命了，还有其他的事情还比这个更要紧的吗？