【Further Meditation on Suffering】- The suffering of yearning is unbearble  

【Some suffer from poverty;  
For others, suffering arises from discontent.  
The suffering of yearning is unbearable.  
All of them quarrel and can be killed. 】

Some sufferings would arise from poverty. Others still feel discontent even though they may have resources or wealth. To be contented is really difficult! We observe that for many powerful and wealthy, the more powerful and wealthy they are, the busier they are. Why? Discontented! If you give an account of what we humans need, it is actually very simple! What we human really need are three meals a day. Actually two meals are plenty. Then we need a shelter at night. Why do you need so much money? Yet there are mundane world people who after obtaining a million would like to have ten millions. After making ten millions, they would like hundred millions. After making hundred millions, they would like to make a trillion. Once wealthy, he would want status. Ah, no limit to that! The first emperor of the Qin dynasty annexed six other countries and he still wanted to live forever. Just like that. There are no exceptions in this mundane world. It is just like that, just like that. Therefore, even though poverty is not good, it is still not okay when you are not in poverty either! So then if you are seeking after things, all lines of work in government office, agriculture, industry and commerce, come with all sorts of problem. And then, because of these things, you scheme, hurt or even kill others. All of them developed from this. The truth to this mundane world is that whether happy or miserable realms, they are all the same! 

SOURCE 来源 :

72A 24’23” Vol 9 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P264 L13
English Lamrim Vol 1 P292

日常师父法语📡72A 24’23”手抄稿第9册P264 L13

希求解脱 : 追求难忍苦

【有因贫乏起，余从不足生，追求难忍苦，一切谋略杀。”】

有很多苦由贫，有很多人呢，虽然你满有，很富有了又不足。这个满足两个字真难哪！我们看那个很多豪富，越是豪富越是忙得起劲，为什么？不足嘛！说起来真简单！我们人真正需要的，一天三餐，就是两餐就够了，夜图一宿，要这么多钱干什么？偏偏有些世间人，有了百万还要千万，有了千万要亿，有了亿还要万亿，有了钱还要地位。唉呀，不晓得要多少！那秦始皇并吞了六国，还要长生不老，就这样，世间没有一个例外的，就是这样，就是这样。所以贫固然不好，不贫也不行哪！那么然后呢，你追求的话，种种，像我们晓得的，我们现在一切的士农工商，有种种的苦恼。然后呢，你为了这个事情，你生其他的，心里边谋计略、伤杀，都从这个上来。世间的真相，是善恶道一样呀！