【Mindfulness of Death】- How to cultivate mindfulness of death？

【4’ How to cultivate mindfulness of death
Cultivate this by way of the three roots, nine reasons, and three decisions. 】

With regards to cultivating mindfulness of death, it is divided into 3 main categories. Every category is further divided into 3 sub-divisions to form a total of 9 segments. As such, there are 3 types of decisions: Decision is what determination is about. In another words, after understanding the content, it is dependent on one’s determination to cultivate in this manner accordingly. Therefore, these 3 categories are from the 3 roots. The first one,

【The three roots are:
1. Death is certain
2. The time of death is uncertain; and
3. At the time of death nothing helps except religious practice.
All else are of no benefit. 】

It is easy to understand the above topic at a glance. However, when it comes to the actual practice, it goes like this. The first root “Death is certain”. This seems like not a problem at all but it has its own method of doing so! The second root is contemplating the time of death is uncertain and death will come anytime. Nobody is able to assure us that today or tomorrow, I will not die. The third root is to contemplate at the time of death nothing helps except religious practice. Other things will only bring us harm and no benefits.

SOURCE 来源 :

38B 07’31” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P190 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P149

日常师父法语📡38B 07’31”手抄稿第5册P190 LL4

念死无常 : 如何修念死？

【第四如何修念死者。谓应由于三种根本，九种因相，三种决断门中修习。】

这个修念死，它分成功三个大纲目，每一个纲目当中又分成三个子目，总共所以九段。然后由于这样的话，产生三种决断，决断就是决心，换句话说，了解了这个道理，自己决心要这个样去修行。那么这个分三部分，就是从三个根本。第一个：

【此中有三：① 思决定死，② 思惟死无定期，③ 思惟死时除法而外，余皆无益。】

这个题目我们看一看，很明白！他真正修习思惟的时候，这样。第一个决定要死，这是没有问题，但它有它的方法哦！第二个思“死”的这件事情，没有一定的时候，说不定什么时候到来，谁都没有办法保险我说今天不死，或者明天不死。第三呢，想到死的时候，除了修行的佛法以外，其他东西对我们只有害处没有好处。