【Mindfulness of Death】- Why is that I reflect for half a day and nothing comes out of it?

Therefore, this tells us not to say: “Why is that I reflect for half a day and nothing comes out of it?” No, we did not reflect. Actually, we are in the distraction and lethargy state. Thus, as mentioned earlier, if we are distracted or lethargic and unable to apply the remedy, it indicates we have not purified our obscurations and have not accumulated the collections. There is a correct method. If you are not able to apply such remedy, then you should quickly refer to the previous chapters on how to purify obscurations and accumulate the collections. The step is very clear and distinct. We should not try to apply remedy using our own method. Currently, we have many such problems, say: “he is a Great Instructor; we must go to him quickly to seek the teaching! He is terrific!” Many people went to almost every place to seek the teachings, but none of these are useful. Consequently, they wasted their whole life. Now that we have the complete stages of the path, if you follow the stages to move up accordingly, you will have nothing to worry about and will definitely accomplish in the end.

SOURCE 来源 :

39A 01’20” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P205 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P152

日常师父法语📡39A 01’20” 手抄稿第5册P205 LL2

念死无常 : 我怎么思了半天思不起来啊？

不要说：“哎呀！我怎么思了半天思不起来啊？”不是，我们没有思。我们现在在什么，在散乱、昏沈当中，就是这样。所以前面已经告诉我们了，如果说你现在散乱、昏沈，没有办法对治，表示我们罪障未除、资粮未积，它有正确的方法。如果你生不起来赶快退、倒退回去，把前面的积聚资粮、净除罪障，这个次第很清楚、很明白。我们不要自己妄想，照我们自己的办法，那我们现在太多这种问题，说：“喔唷，这个大法师啊，赶快去向他求一个法！啊，这个人了不起啊！”太多人到处去，东啊跑、西也跑，西求法、东求法，不晓得求了多少法，然后拿回来一样东西都没有用，这种情况之下，就这样地空空地又浪费掉了一生。现在有这个完整的次第摆在这里，你只要照着它步步上去的话，后面你不要怕，一定会有成就。