Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Truth of Impermanence
諸行無常
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The fourth kind – Not until his closest, most cared for, most loved ones, like parents or siblings die, does he realize he will also soon die.
Certain people have no feelings even as their family members die. They only worry about death when they get old or have a serious illness. These kinds of people are regarded as insensitive to death. If they don’t feel the urgency of death even when they experience a serious illness, they are regarded as having no feelings about death.
Comparatively, those without any sense of death, lack the temperament for religion. They do not seek religious faith or practice further.
第四種人,必須等自己最親近、最關心、疼愛的人,譬如自己的父親、母親或兄弟死去了,他才會警覺到自己不久也會像他們那樣。
如果連親人死亡,也沒有深切的感受,直到自己年紀衰老,重病在身,才感覺無常,這是比較遲鈍的人。若是連自己老病來臨,也不覺得無常已經迫在眉睫,那真的是毫無無常感的人。
沒有無常感的人比較沒有宗教情操,也不會去追求宗教的信仰,並進一步修行。
Namo Amituofo!
