【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】This may frighten you, yet, for the time being, you cannot stop it. 虽生怖惧，暂无能遮

【Mindfulness of Death】- This may frighten you, yet, for the time being, you cannot stop it.

It is not merely thinking about death all the time and when you think about death, you feel fearful about it. This should not be the way. So how should it be?

【Therefore, do not develop this here. What, then,should you develop?】

The above text tells us how to develop mindfulness of death. Let’s take a closer look at the concept stated below.

【Certainly nothing of your body, which you appropriated through karma and afflictions, shall survive death.】

Where does our current body come from? Because of ignorance and compositional activity. Ignorance is afflictions.The effect of this contaminated body is resulted from the increased progression of afflictions and karma. Under any circumstances, it has to die and has no way to escape from death. Therefore,

【This may frighten you, yet, for the time being, you cannot stop it.】

It is useless to be afraid! Because this body is the effect of non-virtuous karma appropriated through afflictions and karma. This effect body is definitely appropriated through the cycling phenomena of dependent arising. Therefore,it has absolutely no way of escaping death. As such, whether you are afraid or not, you have no choice.

SOURCE 来源 :

38A 16’21” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P180 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P147

日常师父法语📡38A 16’21”手抄稿第5册P180 LL4

念死无常 : 虽生怖惧，暂无能遮

不是说让你单单地空白就是念着死，一想到死，想到死心里面就紧张得要命，这个不是这样。那么应该怎么呢？

【若尔者何，】

那么现在这个上面教我们念死是怎么一个念法呢？下面这个道理仔细地看一下。

【谓由惑业增上所受一切之身，皆定不能超出于死。】

是说我们现在这个身体是哪来的？由于无明、行，无明就是惑，由于惑跟业辗转增加增上，而感得的这个杂染之身，这个杂染之身在任何情况之下，一定要死的，绝对不能超脱于死。所以，

【故于彼事虽生怖惧，暂无能遮，】

对这件事情虽然你恐怖，恐怖也没用！因为这个身体是惑业所感的恶果，这个果本身，一定随顺着这个因果缘起的法则而流转的。所以，它绝对不能跳出死，这么这个地方不管你怕不怕，你没办法。