May 7, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Buddha' s Enlightening Motto
醒世箴言
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3. Affiliation to the next life – Near the end-of-life, we know we cannot attach to our body or circumstances. We wonder, is there another world after death? Will it be filled with happiness or suffering?
When we are focused on our family, career, or accumulating possessions, we don’t think of this matter. We never plan or prepare for the great matter of birth-and-death until we are close to death. As it is said in the Sutra, “ as we approach the end of life, regret and fear plague our thoughts.”
（三）當生愛——臨終時，知道境界、身體都執著不了，又是死後有沒有另一世界，苦或樂。他最後最關心、執著的就是未來的這件事，這叫當生愛。
活著的時候，沒想到死後這件事情，將一生的青春奉獻在兒女身上，浪費在貪圖五欲之上，從來沒有為自己的生死大事準備過、計畫過，直到要死了才懊悔起來，所以經典上說「大命將終，悔懼交至」，內心既懊悔，又懼怕。
Namo Amituofo!
