【Mindfulness of Death】- Are we better than Master Atisha?

If you have successfully meditated on mindfulness of death, you should not have any fear later.

Now this is very clear. India’s greatest person, Master Atisha, whose teachings later spread to Tibet and were passed on to many accomplished practitioners; without any exception, they placed great emphasis on this point. Let’s think about it, are we better than them? Assuming that you are more capable, yes, you don’t wish to and simply do not want to learn this. But if you are not better than him, then we should humbly learn from him first.

Therefore, my suggestion to everyone: Currently, we do not necessarily need to say that oh, I’m cultivating some profound teaching that takes priority or to rush into reading up on important books. If we cannot cultivate this important concept [i.e Mindfulness of Death] then sorry, no matter how profound the teaching or how good it is, we will be taking a longer route, a waste of life, a waste of life! And once this non-virtuous habit is cultivated, you do not know when you are able to turn back.

SOURCE 来源 :

38A 08’48” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P177 L1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P147

日常师父法语📡38A 08’48”手抄稿第5册P177 L1

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