【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】a magnificent banquet celebration in the end becomes a memory

【Mindfulness of Death】- a magnificent banquet celebration in the end becomes a memory 此姑姆达会，亦当成念境

【The Garland of Birth Stories:

Alas, afflicted and worldly persons,
I do not like unstable things.
Even this glorious white water lily (kumada)
Will become a memory.

Alas, it is amazing that you beings are fearless,
Placed in a realm like this.
You are joyous and act unworried
Though the Lord of Death blocks every path.

As you have the powerful, dangerous, and unstoppable enemies
Of sickness, aging, and death,
You surely will go to a fearful place in the next life.
I wonder what thoughtful person would delight in this? 】

The first part said: This worldly world is truly ignorant, truly mistaken, full of delusion! Everything in this worldly world is not solid. It (the worldly world) is simply not a lovely place. It is all void, deceit, and impermanent!] Even for this glorious white water lily celebration, which is a magnificent banquet celebration ------- regardless of how magnificent and joyous it had been, in the end, what is it like? “Memory” just like the state of awakening from a dream. It is so worthless, not solid and not secure, but the characteristic of all the beings in the three realms is as such. We are so ignorant and mistaken that we are not fearful of this. Such is truly inconceivable, truly inconceivable! In other words, we are so mistaken that we are extremely ignorant. Yama, i.e. Lord of Hell or the “Lord of Death”, who will cut you off at the end of your life regardless of who you are, you come and leave naked. We are surprisingly not fearful of this, we even feel very joyous when placed in this realm, this is extremely mistaken!

SOURCE 来源 :

39A 22’43” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P217 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P153

日常师父法语📡39A 22’43” 手抄稿第5册P217 L4

念死无常 : 此姑姆达会，亦当成念境

【如《本生论》所说而思，“嗟呼世间惑，匪坚不可喜，此姑姆达会，亦当成念境。众生住于如是性，众生无畏极希有，死主自断一切道，全无怖惧欢乐行。现有老病死作害，大势怨敌无能遮，定赴他世苦恼处，谁有心知思爱此。”】

第一个前面说，啊！这个世间真是愚痴、真是颠倒啊，都是迷惑啊！世间所有每一样东西都不坚实的，根本不是可喜爱之处，都是虚诳啊，都是无常啊！就算这个“姑姆达会”—这姑姆达会就是一种盛大的一种庆祝的宴会—不管多盛大、多快乐啊，欸，完了以后，以后就像什么？“念境”，念境就是说，像梦醒的时候这个境界一样。喏、喏、喏，这样地一无可取，这样地不坚实、不牢固，而我们所有的三界之内的众生的特性，就是这个样，就这个样。所以我们在愚痴颠倒当中，对这件事情而不害怕，啊！那真是你无法想像，真是无法想像啊！换句话说，我们这个颠倒实在是啊，真是愚痴极了。