Lam-rim 8: First of Six Shortcomings of Not Being Mindful of Death

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We have gone through the basic teachings concerning the precious human rebirth, recognizing that we have temporary respites from the states in which we would have no leisure or freedom to practice Dharma and that we also have all the opportunities to practice. Understanding what the causes for a precious human rebirth are, we appreciate how rare such a rebirth is to get and how difficult it is to obtain. 

Once we realize that we have precious human lives, we need to become mindful of death and impermanence. Our precious human rebirths aren’t going to last forever. We never know when we are going to die, but, for sure, we will die. At the end of our lives, nothing is going to be of any help to us other than the preventive measures we’ve taken to avoid having worse states of rebirth and losing the opportunities we now have to continue on the spiritual path.

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