【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】You say that nothing happened when you thought about it, but when did you reflect? 说思已未生，汝何时思
【Mindfulness of Death】- You say that nothing happened when you thought about it, but when did you reflect?
【As Ga-ma-pa said, 】
This is what the Great Elder tells us,
【“You say that nothing happened when you thought about it, but when did you reflect? If it was during the day, you were constantly distracted, and at night you slept. Do not lie!” 】
Someone said “Ah ya! You reflect for a moment, reflect on it accordingly for a moment and say nothing happened!” The Great Elder chided him “Have you contemplated? Have you reflected? When did you reflected? What did you do in the day? Hey, having laxity or distraction. When night falls, you sleep. Truth be told, you thought that you have reflected, but actually, you have not. Let’s not talk about gossips, even by sitting here, you are either distracted or having laxity. Have you really reflected? Please do not lie!” You can lie to others easily but not to yourself. Thus, we should not say “Ah ya! Nothing happens even after practicing it for the whole day!” If you really reflect for half a day, that is not too bad! But you don’t even reflect for half a day. Those who truly reflect do it for a long period of time, day and night! Therefore, nowadays, there are too many people who say, after listening to the theories, there is no way of achieving it. Have you really reflected? The above phrases come from the Great Elder’s advice. Keep the advice in your mind. If we are able to do so, then this life will be filled with hope.
SOURCE 来源 :
38B 28’24” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P202 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P152
日常师父法语📡38B 28’24”手抄稿第5册P202 L3
念死无常 : 说思已未生，汝何时思
【如迦摩巴云：】
这是个祖师告诉我们，
【“说思已未生，汝何时思，昼日散逸，夜则昏睡，莫说妄语。”】
有人说：哎呀！你这个思了一下，照它想了一下，生不起来呀！那个祖师就呵斥他：“你思啦？你修啦？你什么时候修啊？白天干什么？嘿，放逸散乱，到了晚上，昏睡。真正说起来，你以为修了，你实际上，不要说平常闲谈，坐在这里不是散乱就是昏沈，你真的修了？你这不要打妄语啊！”这就是骗别人容易，骗自己骗不过。所以我们现在不要说：“哎呀，这个弄了半天弄不起来！”你真的弄了半天还算好的咧！你呀连它半天都没弄，他们真正修行的要长年累月去修啊！所以我们现在太多人就说，听见了道理好像修不起来，你真的修了？就这两句话，这两句话是祖师告诉我们的，好好地你摆在心上。你能够把这两句话摆在心上，这一生你就有希望。