【Mindfulness of Death】- The only time you can practice

【Furthermore, the lord of yogis, Sri Jagan-mitrananda, says:
Lord of the Earth, while this borrowed body
Is still healthy, without sickness or deterioration,
Take full advantage of it,
Acting in order to end your fear of sickness, death, and deterioration.
Once sickness, aging, deterioration, and the like occur,
You might remember to practice, but what can you do then? 】

In Dharma, it said that this body, this body, sorry, does not belong to you, it is not yours! Then, what is this? There are various causes. Mention the “King”, because the King has the authority to kill lives. In other words, our body is on loan from him, at which time he wants to take your life, he will take your life. Here it talks about not only the King, but also the various other causes of death. When it wants your life, you do not know. Therefore, it can be said that this body is one that is borrowed, when you need to return it, you will not know at all. Not only that. So now that you are healthy, without sickness nor in pain, and not aging as well, and that you are well and able, this is the only time you can practice. What should be done? While there is no sickness, no aging nor deterioration, we must “take full advantage” to practice, this is the time we should practice, only this is solid and stable, only this is dependable.

SOURCE 来源 :

40A 18’52” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P250 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P157

日常师父法语📡40A 18’52” 手抄稿第5册P250 L7

念死无常 : 唯一可以修行的时候

【瑜伽自在吉祥胜逝友庆喜亦云：“国主所借身，无病衰乐住，尔时取坚实，病死衰无畏，病老衰等时，虽念有何益。”】

佛法里面说我们现在这个身体啊，这个身体，对不起！不是你的，不是你的！这个是什么呢？是由很多啊，说“国主”，因为以前这个国王他有生杀之权，换句话说，我们这个东西他借给你的，他什么时候要你命，就得要你命。这个里边不但说国王，这个种种的外缘，什么时候要你命，你都不知道。所以眼前等于说这个身体是借来的，你什么时候他要还去，你完全不知道。那么不但是如此，而且现在正好也没有病苦，也没有衰老，能够很好地在这里，这个时候是唯一可以修行的时候。那个时候要怎么办呢？趁这个还没有病、还没有衰的时候，要“取坚实”，这个就是我们应该修行的时候，这个才是坚固的，这个才是实在的。