【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】How do we ensure that the young one will not go first? 怎能保证年轻的不先走？

【Mindfulness of Death】- How do we ensure that the young one will not go first?

To really obtain a higher status, it means to seek the future life. We must also know that this current life will soon be over. Not only it is hard to say for the older folks, the same goes for the younger ones. For example, the day before, a great elder just passed on. That was Venerable Zhen Guang, our old Venerable’s Dharma brother. I just heard not long ago that among the dharma brothers, he was the youngest. The youngest was the first to pass on. How do you guarantee that the youngest will not pass on first? This is the fact. With regard to dharma practice, we must really hold on to this principle, do not take things easy. Now the focus is on the first point of developing a state of mind that strives diligently for the sake of future lives, how to get it done? Do it step by step.

SOURCE 来源 :

37A 08’40” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P142 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P144

日常师父法语📡37A 08’40” 手抄稿第5册P142 L4

念死无常 : 怎能保证年轻的不先走？

那么我们真正增上生呢，就是要求后面的。那么这个后面的话，也晓得这一世很快、过了！不要说，唉呀，年纪老的人很难说—年纪轻的人也同样地难说啊！譬如就是前天，这有一位大长老刚走，那个大长老就是某某法师，是我们老和尚的师兄弟。刚才我才听说他们师兄弟当中，算起来他年纪最轻耶，年纪最轻的最先走，你怎么保证说年轻的不先走啊？啊，所以这个事情是千真万确！这修行这件事情的话，的的确确要把握住这个原则，不要说慢慢地来。那么这个重点就在第一个“发生希求后世”，怎么样才能够产生？一步一步来。