【Reflecting on your Future Life】- Stick my hand in the burning coals

【Thus, when you contemplate these sufferings of the miserable realms, think like this: "At present it is difficult to endure sitting for merely a single day with my hand stuck in burning coals, or to remain naked for that long in a cave of ice during the winter winds,】

Let’s take it one at a time. Contemplate the sufferings mentioned earlier, this is the first one. Then, after contemplating on the sufferings, you might want to think like this: what if I stick my hand in the burning coals. No need to mention the embers in hell. You can heat a pot of rumbling boiling oil and put your hand in it for one day and night, see what it feels like. No need for one day and night, I know for myself that I absolutely won’t be able to tolerate it, absolutely not! If you ask me to put my hand in a pot of burning oil for just a second and then immediately take it out, I definitely wouldn’t want to do that! Would any one of you be willing to do that? Would anyone be willing to do that? I think no one would be willing to do that. Therefore, don’t just say ah there is no such thing and you are unable to summon the motivation [to practice]! If you cannot bring up the motivation [to practice], the best remedy is for you to do something like this for a short while and I guarantee you will be motivated, I guarantee you will be able motivated.

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41B 23’00” Vol 6 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P30 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P173

日常师父法语📡41B 23’00” 手抄稿第6册P30 L7

三恶趣苦 : 把手伸到煻煨

【若思如是恶趣众苦，应作是念，现在探手煻煨之中住一昼夜，或于严冬极寒冰窟，裸而无衣，住尔许时，】

一个一个来。思惟上面的那个众苦，第一个。然后呢，思了它这个苦以后，不妨现在这样地想：说我把我的手啊伸在那个煻煨—不要说那个地狱这个煻煨，你把那油锅啊，煎得咕噜咕噜滚了，然后你把手伸下去，放它一昼夜，试试看什么味道。不要叫我们放一昼夜啊，我自己晓得，叫我是绝没有这个本事，绝不可能！叫我往那个油锅里面这么放一下，马上拿出来，我绝对不肯！你们有人愿意吗？有人愿意吗？我想没有一个人愿意。所以现在不要看，说哎呀！没有什么事啊，提不起来啊！万一你提不起来，最好的办法，你就这样去做一下，我保证你提得起来，保证你提得起来。