【Mindfulness of Death】- The contemplation that the Lord of Death will definitely come

Now let’s take a look, under “Death is certain”:

【1” The contemplation that the Lord of Death will definitely come, and therefore cannot be avoided : 】

We must understand that Death will definitely come.

【No matter what kind of body you assume at birth, death comes,】

There is no way to avoid or stop death. Regardless of the kind of body one possesses, death will come eventually. We must be very clear about this and understand this is the truth before us. If there are people who are immortal, we should be able to see such people around us. However, there isn’t a single person who exists around us who doesn’t die. Never before! Buddha – Buddha has passed away, Jesus – Jesus has passed away, Mohammed - Mohammed (Allah) has passed away, Confucius is also not around anymore no matter which religion or any noble persons, not even doctors. Sorry! There aren’t any of them who still lived on. The bones are reduced to ashes. Even the ashes are no longer around. This is the reality.

SOURCE 来源 :

38B 09’06” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P191 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P149

日常师父法语📡38B 09’06” 手抄稿第5册P191 L5

念死无常 : 思惟死主决定当来

现在我们看，第一个就是决定死当中：

【初中分三。思惟死主决定当来，】

我们要了解，说这个“死”这一件事情啊，决定要来的，决定要来的。

【此复无缘能令却退者，谓任受生何等之身，定皆有死，】

这没有任何办法你可以把这个死挡得住。不管你受什么样的身，到最后一定要死，这我们了解，我们非常清楚。这事实摆在眼前，如果说有人不死的话，那我们可以看得见，可是我们眼前看见啊，没有一个人一直活下来的，从来没有一个人过！佛陀─佛陀圆寂了，耶稣─耶稣死掉了，穆罕默德─穆罕默德死掉了，孔老夫子也没有了！不管是哪一个宗教，不管是哪一个伟人，不管是哪一个医生，对不起！现在一个人都没有了，骨头一坛灰，乃至于连骨头灰都没有了，千真万确的事实。