【Mindfulness of Death】- there is no certainty as to whether death will occur in youth, in old age, or in between.

【In general, the life span on the Uttarakuru continent is definite.】

The life span on Uttarakuru is definite. Although life span on Uttarakuru is definite, he cannot practise. We will put this aside as it is useless even if life span is definite.

【Even though on the other continents besides Uttarakuru and Jambudvipa there is no certainty as to whether one will be able to complete one’s own life span, for the most part there is a definite life span.】

Although the life span on other continents is not known for sure, for the most part, there is a definite life span. Only the life span on Jambudvipa is indefinite.

【The life span on Jambudvipa is very indefinite, ranging from the initial life span that is vast beyond measure, to an eventual maximum length of ten years of age. 】

The initial life span is eighty-four thousand years and the shortest is only ten years of age.

【Further, you can see that there is no certainty as to whether death will occur in youth, in old age, or in between.】

This is very clear, now we can see that there is absolutely no certainty as to whether death will occur in old age, middle age or youth.

SOURCE 来源 :

39B 18’51” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P231 L6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P155

日常师父法语📡39B 18’51”手抄稿第5册P231 L6

念死无常 : 老幼中年，于何时死，皆无定故

【总之俱卢寿量决定，】

北俱卢洲的寿量是决定的。但是北俱卢洲的寿量虽然决定，他不能修行，这个我们不谈，寿量决定也没用。

【诸余处者，各各于自能住寿量虽无决定，然亦多数能得定限。赡部洲寿极无定准，】

其他的地方寿量虽然没有决定，但是它总归有个大概的定限。只有什么？我们南赡部洲的寿没有定准。

【劫初寿数，经无量年，今后须以满十岁为寿长际，】

最初住劫刚开始来的时候，八万四千岁，到最短的时候只有十岁。

【即于现在老幼中年，于何时死，皆无定故。】

这很明白，眼前我们看得见的，到底老了死、中年死、少年死，完全没有一定。