Chinese
如果心想或者甚至想到今天可能就会死去，就会为了去往何处的来世而努力，而不会为今世做准备。如果没产生这种想法，就会认为会活在今世，从而为今世做准备，而不为来世努力。 例如，如果心想在一个地方长久居住，就会为在那里居住做准备；如果心想不住在那里而要去别的地方，就会为去往何处做准备一样。因此，必须每天生起认为自己会死去的念头。这有三点，其中，思考瞻部洲（南赡部洲）人的寿命没有定数是：一般来说，声音不好听的寿命是确定的。其他众生虽然不一定能活到自己的寿命，但大多数是确定的。而瞻部洲（南赡部洲）人的寿命是非常不确定的。首先，曾经出现过寿命无限的人，现在刚满十岁就必须准备后事了，而且现在看来，无论老、少、中，谁会死都是不确定的。就像《俱舍论》中所说：“此间不死至最后，十年最初无量岁。”以及《集经》中所说：“早上见到很多人，下午有些人就见不到了。下午见到很多人，早上有些人就见不到了。”以及“很多男人和女人，以及正当壮年的人都会死去，所以说这个人还年轻，活着有什么可确定的呢？有些人会在胎中死去，同样，有些人会在出生时死去，同样，有些人会在蹒跚学步时死去，同样，有些人会在到处奔跑时死去，有些人老，有些人少，有些人正当壮年，逐渐地都会死去，就像成熟的果实会掉落一样。”这样说过。对于上师或朋友等，还没有走到生命的尽头，就因为突如其来的内外死亡的因缘，没有完成心愿就死去的情况，要记在心里。并且反复思索自己也一定是这样的，从而生起死亡的念头。思考死亡的因缘非常多，而生存的因缘很少是：这个生命有很多有情和无情的损害，比如人和非人变成的鬼怪会以各种方式加害，以及很多畜生会损害身体和生命，这些都
English
If one thinks or even thinks that one might die today, one will strive for the sake of the next life, where one will go, and will not prepare to stay in this life. If that thought does not arise, one will see oneself staying in this life, and thus prepare for it, without striving for the sake of the next life. For example, if one thinks of staying in one place for a long time, one will prepare to stay there; if one thinks of not staying there but going elsewhere, one will prepare for where to go. Therefore, one must generate the thought of dying every day. There are three points to this. Thinking about the uncertainty of the lifespan of the people of Jambudvipa (the southern continent): Generally, the lifespan of those with unpleasant voices is certain. Although others are not certain to live out their lifespan, most are certain. But the lifespan of the people of Jambudvipa (the southern continent) is very uncertain. First, there have been those with immeasurable lifespans, and now one must prepare for the afterlife at the age of ten. And now it seems uncertain who will die, whether old, young, or middle-aged. As it says in the Treasury of Knowledge: "Here, uncertain until the end, ten years the first immeasurable years." And as it says in the Collection Sutra: "Many people are seen in the morning, some are not seen in the afternoon. Many people are seen in the afternoon, some are not seen in the morning." And "Many men and women, and those in their prime, will die, so saying this person is young, what certainty is there in being alive? Some will die in the womb, likewise, some will die at birth, likewise, some will die while toddling, likewise, some will die while running around. Some are old, some are young, some are in their prime, gradually they will all die, like ripe fruit falling." Thus it is said. For teachers or friends, etc., who have not reached the end of their lives, but have died suddenly due to internal and external causes of death, without fulfilling their wishes, remember those situations. And repeatedly think that you are certainly of that nature, thus generating the thought of death. Thinking that the causes of death are very many and the causes of survival are few: This life has many harms from sentient and non-sentient beings. For example, humans and non-humans who have become classes of demons will harm in various ways, and many animals will harm the body and life, all of which