【Mindfulness of Death】- Why one’s suffering increases

What are we busying ourselves with? To relieve the suffering, we look for all kinds of things to make us happy. However, these are not happiness. These are the causes of suffering, adding suffering onto suffering. [Yet,] we busy ourselves with such things; this is our disorientation. Now we are already suffering, then we are thinking of eliminating a little of the suffering by busying ourselves with such things which are actually adding fuel to the fire. The correct method, yes, this seem like suffering now but in fact, it is to remove the ultimate cause of suffering. You suffer a little now but you will have happiness in future. This understanding is absolutely necessary in the course of our practice. Therefore, one must definitely not be under the impression that practicing as a monk is to enjoy all kinds of ready-made things. This is non- Buddhist practice. There is absolutely no such thing in the Dharma. If after becoming a monk, you still covet for this, covet for that, being lazy etc, then it is completely wrong, completely wrong! If this robe is draped over the body, then it becomes the armour of hell, it will be extreme sufferings beyond words. We must realize this.

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39A 04’09” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P207 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P152

日常师父法语📡39A 04’09” 手抄稿第5册P207 L3

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