【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】The contemplation of the certainty of death such that even while you are alive there is little time for religious practice 思于生时亦无闲暇修行妙法
【Mindfulness of Death】- The contemplation of the certainty of death such that even while you are alive there is little time for religious practice
【The contemplation of the certainty of death such that even while you are alive there is little time for religious practice. 】
We should understand that even while we are alive, there is little time for religious practice as we die quickly. Take a look at the sentence below:
【Even if you could live for the longest period explained above, it would be wrong to think that you have time. 】
Let’s say you did not say you will die quickly. Let’s say you can live up to 100 years old. Let’s count, ah ya, I still have many more years to live. Even if it’s so by that time, do not think you have time for religious practice! Below explains why.
【Much of your life has already been wasted. 】
Much of our time has been wasted on insignificant things.
【Half of what is left will be spent in sleep,.. 】
Half of what is left will be spent in sleep.
【..and many of your waking hours will be wasted with other distractions. Further, as youth fades, the time of aging arrives. Your physical and mental strength deteriorate such that even if you want to practice religion, you lack the capacity to do so. Consequently, you have no more than a few chances to practice the teachings. 】
This is extremely clear, extremely clear! In reality very few live up to 100 years. If the people now can live up to 70 years old, it’s considered pretty good. Given a 70-year life span, we cannot practice for the first 15 years. For us nowadays, we cannot practice for the first 20 years, neither for the ending last 15 years.
SOURCE 来源 :
39A 08’08” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P209 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P152
日常师父法语📡39A 08’08”手抄稿第5册P209 L6
念死无常 : 思于生时亦无闲暇修行妙法
【思于生时亦无闲暇修行妙法，决定死者。】
要了解我们就是在生的时候，也没有太多的时间来修行，很快就死了。下面看那文：
【谓纵能至如前所说，尔许长边，然亦不应执为有暇。】
说纵算你没有说很快地就死，就说活一百岁，我们数数，唉呀！我现在还有几十年可活。那个时候，就算是这样，实际上何况不一定呢，就算是这样，你也不要以为我还有时间修行哦！下面告诉我们，为什么啊？
【谓无义中先已耗去众多寿量，】
做很多事情毫无意义的，把我们的时间就浪费掉了。
【于所余存，亦由睡眠分半度迁，】
剩下来的一半哪，要睡觉睡掉。
【又因散乱徒销非一，少壮迁谢至衰耄时，身心力退，虽欲行法，然亦无有勤修之力，故能修法时实为少许。】
这非常明白、非常明白！喏，我们一百岁实际上是很少、很少，现在的人活到七十岁，已经满好。七十岁，头上那个十五年没办法，以我们现在来说的话，二十岁都没办法修，后面这个十五年也没办法修。