【Mindfulness of Death】- when you are afraid, you will work hard at practicing

【The contemplation of the uncertainty of the time of death is the most important of the three roots. This is the very thing that will redirect your mind, so work hard at it. 】

Among the three big parts, the most important is the one that is being covered now – the uncertainty of the time of death. If you can contemplate in this rightful manner, that death has no definite date, hence you think, “Ah ya, I will die today!” Once you think of death, you will be afraid; when you are afraid, you will work hard at practicing. Therefore, here it tells us that, this is the most important point, most important, most important! On this point, we can apply this to the normal circumstances where everyone is able to experience it. Often, there are many people who are quite particular over this and over that. Hey, why do you think that he is so particular? It is for the body! The need for vitamins for nutrition, is for the body; then when in slight pain, repeating over and over again, all are for the body. And now, if let’s say you think you are going to die, it is for what purpose? It is still for self. This is very clear and obvious reasoning.

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40A 21’26” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P251 L8
English Lamrim Vol 1 P157

日常师父法语📡40A 21’26”手抄稿第5册P251 L8

念死无常 : 害怕了就会努力修行

【三根本中极重要者，厥由思惟死无定期，能变其心，故应励修。】

这三个大项目当中，最重要的就是现在讲的那个—死没有一定的时间。因为你能够这样地如法思惟，因为死没有定期，所以你就想：“唉呀，今天就要死啊！”一想到死啊，你就害怕了；害怕了，就努力修行了。所以它这个上面告诉我们，这一个是最重要，最重要，最重要！这一点我们用平常一般的情况，就可以啊，每一个人就可以体验一下。我们常常有很多人讲究这个、讲究那个，欸，他所以讲究的，说来说去为什么？为了这个身体啊！哎哟，要营养，是为了这个身体；然后有了一点病痛，也为了这个身体，说来说去都是为它。现在呢，如果说一旦你想到你要死的话，还是为什么？还是为你自己，这是很清楚、很明白的一个道理。