【Mindfulness of Death】- pass beyond the sight of the Lord of Death

【The Collection of Indicative Verses : “Understanding that the body is like a clay vessel and Similarly, that phenomena are like mirage, Here you destroy the demons’ poisonous flower-tipped weapons and pass beyond the sight of the Lord of Death.“】

We ought to understand that this body is just like a “clay vessel” and clay vessel is something that is very fragile, just one touch and it could break. With regards to the phenomena that we are facing now, the phenomena of everything that is taking place. Those with real wisdom will understand that they are just like mirage – emptiness. During the summer period when the sun is hot, and when you look far on a stretch of road, you’ll noticed something like water (puddle). But when you run over to look at it, there is actually nothing there. It seems to be there but in reality, it is not. If you can understand this, be it the goods in this world or whatever, there’s nothing that can entice you. Therefore, “demon’s poisonous flower-tipped weapons”, this is a form of temptation, “weapons” is a form of threat. Thus regardless of temptation or threat, it has no effect at all. There is no more greed, no more hostility. You know very clearly, ignorance is also gone. Since there is no more greed, hostility and ignorance, where do you go? When that happens, the Lord of Death cannot find you anymore. If you can achieve this, is “pass beyond the sight of the Lord of Death”. A place where Load of Death cannot locate us, this is what we should be gearing towards.

SOURCE 来源 :

37B 23’17” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P166 LL1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P147

日常师父法语📡37B 23’17”手抄稿第5册P166 LL1

念死无常 : 能趣死王无见位

【《集法句》中亦云：“应达此身如瓦器，如是知法等阳焰，魔花刃剑于此折，能趣 死王无见位。”】

我们应该了达这个身体像“瓦器”，瓦器啊就是一碰就破的。那么我们现在所对的这个目前的一切，万事万法这个法，我们真正有智慧的人应该了解是“阳焰”—空的。阳焰就是夏天太阳热的时候，你在马路上老远看去像水一样，实际上你跑过去是空的，你看看好像是有的，实际上是没有的。你能够了解了这一点的话，不管世间的利养也好，什么也好，都没有办法引诱你。所以“魔花”—这是利诱，“刀剑”—这个是威逼，不管是利诱，不管是威逼，到那时候一点用不上。所以贪没有了、嗔没有了；你知道得清清楚楚，痴没有了。贪、嗔、痴没有了，你到哪里去？当然那个时候阎罗王啊，就找不到你了。你能够这样的话，是“能趣死王”，阎罗王找不到你的地方，这个是我们现在应该努力的。