【Further Meditation on Suffering】- The suffering of deities when dying and falling

【The suffering of dying
The Friendly Letter:
Although the deities have great pleasure in heaven,
The suffering of dying there is even greater than that.
The wise who understand this cease to create
Attachments for the perishable heavens】

It is very pleasurable in the heaven. But when the deity dies, ah, that is great suffering, great suffering! It's just like us now, if you don't have anything, since you don't have anything, it doesn't matter. However, once you have money, ah, what will you be afraid of? Losing it. Therefore for all those who have status, we can take a look at them. Especially for those people in the politics, the struggle between them is fierce. When he has climbed up, he is afraid of falling. He is able to climb up, why? He has desperately stepped on the heads of others to advance. Since he stepped on other people’s heads to advance, of course he is not willing to let others take advantage of him. This is very obvious. Similarly, even though it's nice to be on the high position, but the suffering of falling, it is extremely miserable. For those who are accustomed to enjoy life, this is what we would normally say for those who have been accustomed to the wealthy life and high status, all of a sudden you go there [i.e a state when you have lost everything], you become very fearful, ah! To be lack of food and clothing, and to be at the mercy of other people, this suffering is unbearable! After you understand this, ah! Those who are truly wise will never crave. Not to mention how fast time passes, just as mentioned in the section of impermanence. You must absolutely remember this!

SOURCE 来源 :

72B 04’32” Vol 9 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P272 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P293

日常师父法语📡72B 04’32” 手抄稿第9册P272 L3

希求解脱 : 天人的死殁苦

【死殁苦者，如云：“诸天趣乐虽极大，然其死苦大于彼，如是思已诸智者，莫爱有尽天趣乐。”】

天上很快乐，但是死的时候，唉，那绝大的痛苦，绝大的痛苦！就像我们现在，你没有什么，反正没有什么，也就算了；你一旦有了钱哪，哎呀，那个就要怕什么？失掉。所以凡是有地位的人，我们看，尤其是现在这种政治上面，这个斗争得厉害呀，他爬上去了就怕掉下来。他所以爬上去，为什么？他是拼命在人家的头上踩上去的，他既然在人家头上踩上去，当然不愿意被人家来踩，这个很明白。同样的道理，所以上面固然好，跌下来的痛苦啊，就是痛苦极了。他平常习惯上面享受惯了，平常我们人家说，习惯了大，享受富贵的，忽然之间跑得去，你畏畏缩缩，唉呀！衣食不继，还要看人家的脸色，这个痛苦之难受啊！了解了这个，啊！那真正有智慧的人绝对不会贪。何况这个时间一下就过去掉了，像前面无常当中，切切要记住！