The world seems to be intertwined with bitterness and joy
But any happiness lies in pain
If you want to be completely liberated, you can only give up this life
It is rare to get and easily lost in human life. Death is almost the only fact that can be confirmed in life, and no one can be exceptional. For thousands of years, both emperors, generals, sages, saints and famous scholars, and even eminent monks and great masters of all dynasties have left one after another. The only difference lies in the way of death. A hundred years later, everyone here will also report to different places. Death is like a vast net of law, without any leakage.
However, the death period is uncertain. Especially in today's society, natural disasters and man-made disasters are frequent, and we are facing the threat of death at any time. But before we die, we always feel that death seems far away. Especially when you are young and healthy, you feel that death has nothing to do with yourself.
Although I also know that people leave every day in the world, I always take luck and think that my life is still very long. Only when a relative dies will we experience the shadow of death. When you have to face death directly, you will feel a pain in your skin and panic before you panic. It is often too late.
Life is extremely dangerous and weak. If you don’t breathe, you will be the next life if you turn your voice. If we visualize death frequently, we can reduce our greed for the world. Because all attachments are based on the yearning for "constant", but in the face of death, all this is so insignificant. What does the money and status that you once had mean to the deceased?
Impermanence of thoughts not only enables us to live with a transcendent mindset, but also reveals to us the key to practice, which is "giving up this life." No matter how you are greedy for this life, it will become the soil for troubles to dwell on. Therefore, if you want to be completely free from life and death, you must at the cost of giving up your present pleasure.
In our feelings, there seems to be suffering and joy in the world. Especially those with wealth and power, they feel quite glorious. But any happiness is hidden in pain, that is, what Buddhism calls all suffering.
The so-called leaky means incomplete and flawed. Although it is painful when you have no money, you are still troubled when you have money; when you feel lonely when you are not married, you will know more problems after you get married; when you are hungry, you will feel happy when you are too hungry, and excessive food will immediately turn into pain; when you are tired, you will feel comfortable all over, but if you lie down endlessly, it will be troublesome. It can be seen how short and fickle the happiness obtained by desire satisfaction is, and it is fleeting.
When we can't wait to leave a place, we naturally no longer have the intention to be greedy for anything. On the contrary, if you still have a attachment to the world, it will inevitably not be able to correspond to your practice, because the starting point of your mind is wrong.
Excerpted from: Principles of Contemplation of "Samuhadra's Practice and Vows"
Copyright: Jiqun Master
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