【Further Meditation on Suffering 希求解脱】Pleasant feelings are the relief of suffering 3 乐受是苦的渐熄灭位 3

【Further Meditation on Suffering】- Pleasant feelings are the relief of suffering 3

That is because,

【Then, as the earlier intense suffering fades, pleasure appears to arise gradually. Yet sitting is not naturally pleasant,】

The fact is there is a great suffering at present, but as you stop for a moment, the great suffering will gradually reduce, gradually diminish.  Hence, you misconstrue this alleviation to be pleasant.  But this thing itself, the nature of it is not pleasant. Its nature is not pleasant. Thus, he immediately poses this question- if sitting down is pleasant, then the more you sit, the happier you should become. This is because it is supposed to be pleasant. Much like earning money, even having a dollar earned is good. But the more you earn the better it is.  Hence, this should feel the same way! By the same token, if sitting down is pleasant, then the longer you sit, the happier you should become!  Hence it says this next,  

【because if you sit too long, suffering arises again, just as before. 】

As a result, if we ask you to sit there for a long time, not only is it not pleasant, you will feel great suffering.  Hence, if you were asked to keep sitting, as you sit for a long time, you will want to stand up and walk around for a while.  Why?  You are miserable.  Suffering, that is how it is when you sit [for too long].  For sleeping, if you were to sleep [for a long tim hie], the same thing happens.  If we ask you to eat [a lot, it would be same].  There are no exceptions.  Hence, he says this next,  

SOURCE 来源 :

72A 12’08” Vol 9 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P258 L8
English Lamrim Vol 1 P291

日常师父法语📡72A 12’08” 手抄稿第9册P258 L8

希求解脱 : 乐受是苦的渐熄灭位 3

那个是因为啊,

【现见此是先生大苦，渐息灭时乐渐次起，故非性乐。】

这事实是当下就有很大的苦恼，那么你停一下呢，那个大的苦恼渐渐地减少，渐渐地消失，所以你这个减轻的感觉，妄起乐想，而不是这件事情本身、本质快乐，它本质不快乐。所以他下面紧跟着这个问题，假定说坐下来是快乐的话，那应该越坐越快乐，因为它本来是快乐的嘛。就像赚钱一样，赚一块钱固然赚，越赚是赚得越多是越好，应该这个样啊！同样的道理，如果是这个坐下来是快乐的话，坐得越久是越快乐呀！所以下面说，

【若太久坐，仍复如前，生众苦故。】

结果叫你老坐在那里呀，欸，它不但不快乐，你又苦得要命。所以叫你老坐在那里，你坐了多久啊，你要站起来去走一走。为什么？又苦得苦不堪言。苦，就是这样，坐；然后呢叫你睡，又是这样；叫你吃，没有一个例外的。