【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】Life is like a water bubble in the strong winds 寿命如大风中的泡沫

【Mindfulness of Death】- Life is like a water bubble in the strong winds

【In addition, his Friendly Letter says:
Life is more impermanent than a water bubble
Battered by the winds of many perils.
Thus, that you can inhale after exhaling,
Or awaken from sleep----these things are fantastic.】

Lastly in his Friendly Letter, it tells us the above - therefore Friendly Letter is truly our good friend. What did this good friend tell us? Our life has diminished largely and impermanence comes extremely rapid, what is it like? Just like a water bubble in the winds, in the strong winds. The water bubble, even in a steady environment, it might rupture anytime. When in the wind, it would rupture quickly! Therefore, in this life span, we are unsure whether we can exhale after inhaling; neither do we know the other way around; once fallen asleep, we do not know whether we will wake up. Therefore, he says, awakening from sleep is really not easy, not easy! We must recognize it this way, understand and contemplate this to spur ourselves.

SOURCE 来源 :

39B 26’13” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P236 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P156

日常师父法语📡39B 26’13” 手抄稿第5册P236 L2

念死无常 : 寿命如大风中的泡沫

【《亲友书》亦云：“若其寿命多损害，较风激泡尤无常，出息入息能从睡，有暇醒觉最希奇。”】

那么最后这个《亲友书》上面又告诉我们—所以说《“亲友”书》的话，这个才真正你的好朋友。这个好朋友怎么告诉我们哪？啊！我们这个寿命损减太多了，这个是无常非常迅速，就像什么？就像那个泡沫在风当中，在大风当中一样。那个泡沫平平稳稳它都有随时破裂的可能，在风当中的话，那实在是快得不得了啊！所以我们现在这个寿命，一口气进去了，能不能出来，不知道；然后出来了，再能不能吸进去也不知道；睡下去的话，再醒过来也不知道。所以他说：我们睡下去再醒得过来，那真是不容易，不容易啊！我们应该这样去认识、这样了解、这样思惟，策励自己。