【Mindfulness of Death】- Typical case when death comes

【Ga-ma-pa (Ka-ma-ba) said, “Now we should be frightened by death. At the time of death we should be fearless. But we are the opposite – we are not afraid now and at the moment of death we dig our fingernails into our chests.”】

The great practitioner tells us that this is truly the essence. After one has cultivated on mindfulness of death, what kind of characteristic should we have? Be fearful of death now; death will come anytime. As we understand about death, we will fear death and do whatever it takes to cultivate desperately. When death comes, you will be happy. We have seen many such great practitioners that when death comes, they are so peaceful. Great! Since countless eons, this body of suffering is now forsaken and I take my leave. This is the typical case. Therefore, though we are fearful now but when death comes, we will not be fearful.

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38B 14’29” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P194 LL6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P150

日常师父法语📡38B 14’29”手抄稿第5册P194 LL6

念死无常 : 典型的临终榜样

【迦摩巴云：“现须畏死，临终则须无所恐惧。我等反此，现在无畏，至临终时，用爪抓胸。”】

那位大德就告诉我们，真正重要的，你修习了这个念死无常这个法则以后，应该产生什么现象呢？现在就怕死，哎呀！随时怕死；因为你了解了念死的方法，现在怕了死，所以你就拼命修行；等到你拚命修行了，临终时候你就高兴了。我们看太多这个高僧大德临终的时候，天乐鸣空，死的时候安详无比，好啊！这个无量劫来苦恼之身现在舍掉了，现在去了啊，这是典型的榜样。所以说眼前是怕，临终不怕。