【Mindfulness of Death】- The Lord of Death does not talk about sentiments and giving face

【The Letter to Kaniska says:
The Lord of Death, a friend to no one, Descends suddenly. So do not wait, Saying, “I’ll do it tomorrow.”
Practice the sublime teaching with urgency.
It is not good for people to say,
“I’ll put it off until tomorrow and do this today.” A tomorrow when you are gone
Will undoubtedly come.】

The Lord of Death will not talk about sentiments and giving face with you, he will come when he wants to. Therefore do not ever say: “Ah! tomorrow then talk about it, the day after then talk about it!” [When we] want to do anything, do it right away, do it right away. Therefore, in delaying things till tomorrow, the following day, this is not the correct way, this is not the correct way. You all must understand, how can you be assured of a tomorrow? This is the absolute truth. Why is it that we are unable to give rise to such an insight within us? This is because for eons, we have been having this topsy-turvy, wrong thinking, that’s why it is called the endless nights of ignorance.

SOURCE 来源 :

40A 16’24” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P249 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P157

日常师父法语📡40A 16’24”手抄稿第5册P249 L6

念死无常 : 阎罗王不讲情面

【如《迦尼迦书》云：“死主悉无亲，忽尔而降临，莫想明后行，应速修正法，此明后作此，是说非贤人，汝当何日无，其明日定有。”】

这个阎罗王他是不跟你讲情面的，他要来就来了，所以千万不要说：“哎呀，明天再说啊，后天再说呀！”要做任何事情，马上就要做，马上就要做。所以我们把事情拖到明天、后天，这个不是个正确的办法，这个不是个正确的办法。你们要了解，你怎么可以确定说明天一定有？这个是千真万确的事实。现在，我们所以生不起这种认识来的原因是什么？就是我们无始以来的这个颠倒、错误，所以叫长夜无明。