【Mindfulness of Death】- This present life of leisure and opportunity was obtained diligently through our previous life

Therefore, to talk about real meditation, one must first understand the principle, put into action, then examine our mind, look into ourselves and say: “Have I done it correctly? Ah! Cannot do this ah!” It alerts us in each and every way, in fact this present life of leisure and opportunity was obtained diligently through our previous life, and not simply dropped from the sky. And now that you are sustaining your meditation, much efforts and a high price have been committed! If you still do not do the right way, it is a sheer waste and this is about yourself after all!

Take heed! Thus, we should not preach carelessly about selflessness at this initial stage. Although the ultimate aim of meditation is about being selfless, the reason for doing so, it is still for the self, still for your own self. Consequently, you will discover that: If it is for your own good, the one who will really cause you harm, is still you yourself! Only at that time,you will diligently work at discarding the self, we must correctly understand this, understand it correctly. Therefore, it can be said that one needs to have a complete understanding of the entire teachings, its sequence and progression. Please do not get confused, otherwise if you are reckless about it and use it carelessly, it may sound nice, beautiful, but of futile use when put into practice.

SOURCE 来源 :

40B 11’48” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P262 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P159

日常师父法语📡40B 11’48” 手抄稿第5册P262 LL4

念死无常 : 宿生努力修行得来的暇满人身

所以真正讲修行的话，一定要懂得了道理，把这个行相，自己用来检点自己的内心，看看自己说：“我做对了吗？啊，不可以呀！”所以他处处地方，策励我们自己，说这个暇满的人身啊，还是你自己宿生努力修行得到的呀，不是天上掉下来的。而且修行的时候，你已经花了多少努力、多少代价呀！现在你不这样做，是白白浪费，这是你自己的事情啊！

注意哦！所以我们不要刚开始的时候，随随口口地讲无我。修学佛法最后的目的是讲无我，但是讲无我的原因，还是为我耶，还是为我好。结果你发现：为你好啊，真正地害你的，还是这个我！那个时候，你才肯努力去掉它，这样，这个是我们要正确了解的，正确了解的。所以说，这个佛法的完整地认识，次第、步骤的话，千万不要乱，否则的话，你随便是乱用啊，讲起来很好听、很美，做起来一无是处，都在这个上面，都在这个上面。