【Mindfulness of Death】- Every moment, your life is diminishing every moment

The three lives of cyclic existence is not something that we can see in our past, present and future lives. It refers to the previous, current and next moment in time. In fact, there is no such thing as previous moment! You see, as we are talking, time is slipping by, since when did it stop! You see, although we think about time as moment by moment, we felt that very short moments do exist, when in actual fact do they? Not at all - this is very fundamental! It is where we are so misguided.

Therefore we need to identify the root of the issue so that we could act upon. After identifying it, you will realise that your life stream has never once stopped. Every second, what is it? It is every moment, your life is diminishing, every moment! Thus you will make your best effort to practise, this is something we should recognise. If you do not recognise this, it is going to be terrible! This is the most crucial first step in our practice - to determine if you are able to recognise this fact.

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37B 09’54”Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P160 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P146

日常师父法语📡37B 09’54”手抄稿第5册P160 L7

念死无常 : 每过一刹那，生命就损失一刹那

这个三世的流转啊，不是说前一世、到这一世、到后一世我们看见的啊！而是说我们前一刹那、现在一刹那、后面一刹那。真正说起来，根本没有什么前一刹那这件事情！你看看：当我们说话的时候，这个时间一直在过去，哪有一刹那停过！你看看。平常我们想到刹那、刹那的时候，总觉得好像短到有这么一点东西在，实际上有没有？没有，根本啊！这个就是我们真正颠倒的地方。

所以我们真正的对治的，一定要把这个找出来。找出来以后，然后你发现：啊！原来你的生命之流就这样地一刻不停，是每过一秒钟、每过什么，就是每一刹那你的生命就损失一刹那！所以那个时候，你就拼命努力去修，这个是我们要认识的。如果你不认识这一点的话，那糟了！所以是最严重的修行第一步—对这件事情的认识与否。