【Mindfulness of Death】- meditate on impermanence

Normally, when we do repentance or supplicate for blessings or recitations of Buddha, we clearly know the need to be earnest, respectful, diligent and others. We understand this principle, but when the time comes to cultivate, we just cannot do it! Ah ya, you can’t do it today, tomorrow also cannot, one day also cannot, ten days also cannot, one year also cannot. Often, after a long time, the knowledge still does not arise. I think each one of us will have this experience right? This experience, yes. How to deal with it? Eh! Wonderful! “Nothing composite”, this impermanence will not “remain as it is”, as all the things in this world are impermanent phenomena. If let’s say you are able to meditate on impermanence and during meditation, though the result is not so ideal the knowledge arises! It is still not that easy, but this difficulty will be relatively easier than the preceding moment. Therefore, if you switch to meditate on impermanence initially and try a little harder, the knowledge will arise in no time.

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40B 17’51” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P265 LL6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P159

日常师父法语📡40B 17’51” 手抄稿第5册P265 LL6

念死无常 : 先修无常的概念

平常我们要忏悔也好，积聚资粮，总是修种种的福也好，或者要念佛也好，明明晓得这个要殷勤、要恭敬、要精进、要什么……这个道理都懂，但是修的时候啊，就是不行！唉呀，你今天也不行，明天也不行，一天也不行，十天也不行，一年也不行啊，那往往弄了很久，都生不起来。我想我们每一个人都有这个经验吧？有这个经验，是的！怎么办呢？欸，妙了！“然诸无常”，这个无常这件事情“不安住故”，因为一切世间所现的就是个无常相。如果说你能够修无常的话，它修的时候，还是不是想像当中，什么一修就修得起来哦！它还是不大容易的，但是这个困难，比起前面的要容易得多。所以，如果是你转而先修无常这个概念，稍微用一点力，那么很快就生起来了。