【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】There is no certainty as to when the Lord of Death will destroy your body and life不见死主何时决定坏其身命
【Mindfulness of Death】- There is no certainty as to when the Lord of Death will destroy your body and life
【The Friendly Letter says:
If not even ash will remain when the physical world----
The earth, Mount Meru, and the seas----
Is burned up by seven blazing suns,
What need is there to mention humans, who are so very frail?】
At the end of the degenerated age, seven days will simultaneously emerge in the sky, with seven blazing suns all out. At that time, the earth, Mount Meru and all the lands, will be burned until not a single ash remain. Now we look at the stones, steel wire, they are so solid that you cannot even destroy them in any way, but at that stage, not a single trace will be left behind. Thus, let alone our body that is so fragile. Therefore,
【After you have reflected in this way, you should resolve that since there is no certainty as to when the Lord of Death will destroy your body and life】
you will practice the teaching right now, without assuming that you still have time. If you follow the previous train of thoughts to contemplate, you will ask, when are we going to die? When are we going to die? It really is indisputable!
SOURCE 来源 :
40A 14’10” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P248 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P157
日常师父法语📡40A 14’10” 手抄稿第5册P248 L3
念死无常 : 不见死主何时决定坏其身命
【《亲友书》云：“七日燃烧诸有身，大地须弥及大海，尚无灰尘得余留，况诸至极微弱人。”】
到这个末劫的时候啊，天上面七日并出，七个太阳都出来，那个时候大地、须弥山，所有地上的一切，都熔化得连它灰尘都不留。这个现在我们看看那个石头、钢铁，这么坚实，你怎么弄也没办法弄得掉，到那时候也一点都不留，何况我们现在这么脆弱的身体啊！所以，
【如是思后，不见死主何时决定坏其身命，】
你照着前面这样地一路思惟过来的话，你就会感受到，我们什么时候死呀？什么时候死啊？那的的确确一无可凭，一无可凭啊！