【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】 It is very swift to move towards death 快速走向死亡

【Mindfulness of Death】- It is very swift to move towards death

【The Collective of Indicative Verses:
For example, just as when weaving a cloth
You reach the end
By weaving individual courses,
So too is human life. 】

It is as when we are weaving a cloth, you reach the end of the thread very quickly just like our lifetime.

【 For example, just as those who are to be killed
Come closer to the killing place
With every step they take,
So too is human life. 】

Using the above metaphor of cows and sheep being led to their death step by step. It is what the Lord of Death will do to us too.

【 Just as the strong downward current of a river
Cannot be reversed,
So too the movement of human life
Is irreversible
Life is hard, brief,
And full of suffering.
It vanishes so quickly-
Like that written on water with a stick.
Just as livestock go home
When the herdsmen raise their sticks,
So sickness and aging lead humans
To the Lord of Death. 】

The above uses different metaphors to explain. It is very swift to move towards death. And before death, we are filled with immense great suffering! With these different metaphors, the whole idea is to motivate us to cultivate diligently. It is easy to understand the text, read through yourself. The main gist of it is to find one that we can concord with and meditate on the teachings accordingly.

SOURCE 来源 :

38B 23’49” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P199 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P151

日常师父法语📡38B 23’49” 手抄稿第5册P199 LL4

念死无常 : 快速走向死亡

【如《集法句》云：“譬如舒经织，随所入纬线，速穷纬边际，诸人命亦尔。】

就像我们织布一样，你这个纬线很快地过去，这个人命也是这样。

【如诸定被杀，随其步步行，速至杀者前，】

就是上面那个牛羊的比喻，牵着牛羊步步地走向死亡，这个阎罗王来杀我们。

【诸人命亦尔。犹如瀑流水，流去无能返，如是人寿去，亦定不回还。艰劳及短促，此复有诸苦，唯速疾坏灭，如以杖画水，如牧执杖驱，诸畜还其处。如是以老病，催人到死前。”】

上面用种种的这个比喻，这么快走向死亡，而没有死之前，唉，是无边大苦啊！各式各样的比喻，这无非是策励我们好好地修行。这个文字很容易，自己看一下，最主要的，总归要找到自己相应的，修这个法门。