【Reflecting on your Future Life】- Suffering in the miserable realms

【Contemplate the suffering in the miserable realms】

You want to first think about the situation in “the various miserable realms,” and how should you deal with them? Think about the sufferings there. If you understand this kind of suffering, then you will tell yourself , “Oh! So much suffering, no one wants to go there.” You then further understand that for the suffering in the miserable realms, the reason you are led there is because of the karma you’ve created. Since it’s karma created by yourself, it is hence still up to you. Therefore, while you are still living, you will strive to avoid creating [non-virtuous karma]. Then naturally you will not have to bear such suffering in your next life. This is why he (Buddha) elucidates this. For the entire teachings that Buddha imparted, this is the reason why he explained suffering first. He wished for you to understand it first, so that you will quickly strive, take advantage of the time now and strive. After you’ve done creating virtuous karma, when you do go (when you die) — great! You will be happy.

This is a fact that we can all understand, whether it is happiness or suffering now, it will become a non-issue at the time of death. However, if you create much non-virtuous karma now and you are greedy for only temporal happiness, this happiness will amount to nothing, and you will suffer in the future. Ah, that would be suffering!

SOURCE 来源 :

41A 07’42” Vol 6 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P7 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P161

日常师父法语📡41A 07’42”手抄稿第6册P7 L4

三恶趣苦 : 应思惟诸恶趣苦

【故应思惟诸恶趣苦。】

先想想“诸恶趣”的状态，应该怎么办？想想它的苦。假定你了解这个苦以后，然后你想到：唉呀！这么的苦法，谁都不愿意去。又了解这一个苦，引导的原因还是你自己造的业，既然你自己造的业，那还是靠你自己，所以你生前赶快努力，避免造，将来你自然可以不受这个苦。这是他为什么说明的，佛整个说法的时候，第一件说苦的原因就在这里。先让你了解了以后啊，你赶快努力，趁现在努力呀，造好了善业，去的时候—好！快乐了。

所以这个事实我们大家都了解的，眼前不管是乐、不管是苦，到临终的时候没有什么。但是如果说你现在啊造了很多恶业，眼前贪图的快乐，这个快乐什么都没有，将来受苦，唉呀，那痛苦啊！