【Mindfulness of Death 念死无常】we dwell among the causes of death, like a butter lamp standing in a strong breeze. 安住死缘中，如灯处风内

【Mindfulness of Death】- we dwell among the causes of death, like a butter lamp standing in a strong breeze.

【In this vein, the Great Final Nirvana Sutra says:
The idea of death is that hateful enemies constantly surround this life, ruining it at every moment. Nothing exists that extends your life.】

The above is cited from the sutra. It has been previously mentioned, of all the ideas, the idea of death is the best. Then how do we think? We must understand our life span is surrounded by harm, called “hateful enemies”. This “hateful enemies” are not necessarily sentient beings, but anything that can harm us. At every moment, they are constantly harming us. However, nothing exists that can extend our life. This is asserted by the sutra. How about the commentary?

【Also, Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland (Ratnavali) says:
You dwell among the causes of death
Like a butter lamp standing in a strong breeze.】

What is our current state like? Like a butter lamp standing in a strong breeze which might extinguish anytime. Similarly, we might die anytime. This is absolutely true.

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39B 25’06” Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P235 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P156

日常师父法语📡39B 25’06” 手抄稿第5册P235 L7

念死无常 : 安住死缘中，如灯处风内

【如是亦如《大涅槃经》云：“言死想者，谓此命根，恒有众多怨敌围绕，刹那刹那渐令衰退，全无一事能使增长。”】

这个引经上面，前面已经说过了，这个一切想当中，死想最好。那么怎么想呢？我们要了解说我们的寿命有种种的损害，这个损害我们叫“怨敌”；这个怨敌不一定是有情，凡是损害我们的都是。那个“刹那刹那”，就是无时无刻不在，都在损害我们，而这些事情，绝没有一件事情能够使我们的寿命增长，经上面这么说。论上面呢？

【《宝鬘论》亦云：“安住死缘中，如灯处风内。”】

我们现在的状态是什么？这个就像灯在风当中一样，随时有熄灭的可能，我们也随时有死亡的可能，这个是千真万确的事实。