【Mindfulness of Death】- reflect on this again and again, you reach certain knowledge

【Thus, once inward reflection yields some sense of certainty about impermanence, contemplate it by applying your understanding of it to many things, for it is said that everything around us teaches impermanence. 】

If you can truly reflect and contemplate inwardly, you will realize that everything around us exhibits impermanence. Hence, what it is important for us right now is not to see externally. What we truly need to do is to observe ourselves. We have all seen incorrectly with our eyes presently and this is called misconception.

【After you reflect on this again and again, you reach certain knowledge.】

Therefore, concerning all the present things, we should base on what has been said earlier, to observe and contemplate. As long as you constantly contemplate, you will reach certain knowledge. But we must “reflect on this again and again”; in constant and diligent contemplation. However, currently, we have two problems: the first type, after listening we take no action. We shall not even mention much about this type. Another type is, after some reflection, their result is as mentioned below.

【It is not helpful to do just a little reflection and then say that nothing happened. 】

Some people just do a little reflection and then say “Aye, nothing happens”, this is of no use, of no use!

SOURCE 来源 :

38B 27’05” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P201 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P151

日常师父法语📡38B 27’05” 手抄稿第5册P201 L5

念死无常 : 若数数思能引定解

【又如说云：“若有略能向内思者，一切外物，无一不为显示无常。”】

如果你真正地能够向里边好好地观察思惟一下，外面所有的一切东西，都在显示这个无常。所以我们现在真正重要的，不要看外面，我们真正要观察我们自己，现在我们都眼睛看错了，这个叫颠倒。

【故于众事皆应例思，若数数思能引定解，】

所以啊，对于所有我们眼前的，都应该照着这一个上面所说的来去思惟观察。你只要不断地思惟观察的话，对这一件事情一定能够产生确定的见解。但是告诉我们“数数思”，努力地不断地思。现在我们犯的毛病有两种：有一种呢，听完了就算了，那个根本不谈；还有一种呢，他略略地修一下，这个效果，下面说：

【若略思惟，便言不生，实无利益。】

有人略略地思惟了一下，他说：“哎呀，这个生不起来啊！”这个没有用，这个没有用！