【Mindfulness of Death】- You must be cautious every day

【For example, when it is certain that a great enemy is coming to do you severe harm sometime between now and some point in the future, but you do not know on which day the enemy will come, you must be cautious every day. It is like that.】

For example, when it is certain that a great enemy is coming to cause us severe harm but we do not know when the enemy will come. When he does come, it will definitely lead to a fatal fight and result in death upon me. Under this condition, if you get prepared daily, such preparation will definitely benefit us. At this point, I felt that although we practice the teachings, in reality, in many areas, we are not in accordance with the teachings. Digress a little from this. In the West, e.g. America, many people, not just the aged, the young have also already prepared their will. However, for the Chinese, (preparing a will) is like violating a taboo. Aye, this taboo. Now that I think of it, ah, (getting prepared in) this way is very good!

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39B 09’36” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P226 LL3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P154

日常师父法语📡39B 09’36” 手抄稿第5册P226 LL3

念死无常 : 须日日中作其防慎

【譬如自有能作猛利损害大敌，从此时期至彼时期，知其必至，然未了知何日到来，须日日中作其防慎。】

就像我们说将来一定有一个大敌人，这个大敌人一定要损害我们，什么时候来不知道。但是要嘛不来，要来的话他一定拼得你死我活，拼的结果一定我死。在这种情况之下，你准备、天天准备的话，这必定对我们有好处。所以想到这里，我觉得我们现在说修学佛法，实在是有太多地方跟法不相应。不要说这种事情，那个在西方、在美国他们啊，他们平常很多人，不要说年纪老了，年轻的人遗嘱已经准备好了；我们中国人就是好像犯忌，喔唷，这个犯忌。我现在想到，啊，这太好了！