【The Origin of Suffering】- Merits can transform to lifespan and vice versa - 2

You should read this carefully. The scriptures have explained this in many places. Merits can transform into years of life. The reverse [can happen as well], years of life can be changed into merit. It's like that. Therefore, if you enjoy yourself too much, your lifespan will be reduced. Their lifespan will be reduced. I have read a story like this before, but it was long, long ago, so I have forgotten it now. There was once a wealthy household that had a son. Because the family was very well off, so they invited many guests for a banquet a month after his birth. This was in the ancient times. Oh! It was a huge guest list that resulted in many lives killed. When the child was first born, the diviner said that he would have such a fortunate life. But he died at the age of 2½ . Ah! The parents were very resentful of the diviner. He is usually very accurate; how could he be wrong? No one knew the answer for this. They finally met up with a renunciate, a monk. This monk had high attainments. He told them, "I am sorry. Too much merit was exhausted. He died because his merit was exhausted."

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75A 27’56” Vol 10 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P86 L8
English Lamrim Vol 1 P307

日常师父法语📡75A 27’56”手抄稿第10册P86 L8

希求解脱 : 福寿可互换 2

你们仔细地去看，经论上说太多地方都是这个的，福可以换成寿，反过来寿可以折成福，这样。所以如果说你享福太多的话，你的寿命会减短，寿命会减短。我以前曾经看见过这个公案，不过这个公案已经太早、太早，现在忘记掉了。说有一个富贵人家，出生了一个子弟，然后呢因为他家庭非常富贵，所以在满月的时候大请其客。那个古代那种古人，喔唷！请起客来那个排场之大，不晓得杀了多少生命。结果这个小孩子出生的时候算命，说他一生如何如何好法，结果活到两岁半死掉了。啊！他就非常埋怨，说这个算命的人这么准，怎么不对呢？大家谁也不知道。后来遇见一个出家人，一个和尚，这个和尚是个有道的高僧：“对不起，你折福太深，福尽而死。”