【The Varieties of Karma】- Consummate Lifespan

The first thing that you need is a long life span, need a long life span. This would happen if the karma done in the previous life was a type of karma that causes a long life span. Why do you need a long life span? When we are cultivating in the teaching, we cannot do that when we are young. You could by the time when you are in your teens. You can learn for 10 to 15 years and reach 30 years of age. But sorry! If your life span is only 20 years, hey, you can do nothing with it. Even if you live up to 30 years old,and you are about to begin your practice. This [short life] would not do [anything for you]. Even if you live up to 35 years old, by this time you have trained and your practice is starting to take some shape, and your life ends! Therefore, the life span must be consummate. This is the first important thing. But is it enough to just have a long life span? It is not enough. Even though the life span may be long, but you could be creating non-virtuous karma all the time. Thus, [if this is so, then] the longer your life span, the more non-virtuous karma you create, and therefore the worse off is your plight. Therefore, other requirements are needed. These will be mentioned one-by-one below.

SOURCE 来源 :

59B 18’13” Vol 8 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P101 LL5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P243

日常师父法语📡59B 18’13” 手抄稿第8册P101 LL5

业果 : 寿量圆满

第一个，需要长寿，需要长寿，因为他宿生造的这个业是一个长寿的业。为什么要长寿啊？那我们现在修习佛法，小的时候不行，你到了十几岁开始可以学。学它个十年、十五年到了三十岁。对不起！你的寿命只有二十岁，嘿，一点用场都没有。就算你三十岁，刚学会要开始修了，不行；就算你三十五岁，修了又有一点样子，完了！他寿量一定要圆满，这个是第一个重要。不过单单那个寿量够不够？不够，寿虽然长，但是你偏偏一天到晚造恶业，结果你那个寿越长，是恶业越大，是越倒楣。所以还要其他的条件，下面一样一样说。