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13. If one does not diligently study and practice the trilogy of the sutra, magic and mind — the Sutra of Condensed Meaning (Sutra), the Magical Net (Magic) and the Eighteen Mother-Son Tantras (Mind); but only treats formality, such as playing a drum, blowing a Chinese flute and other performance, as the profound meaning of the Dharma; insatiably and unscrupulously consuming the properties offered by believers; when death arrives, all sorts of one”s past non-virtuous actions will be unveiled.
14. Smart and eloquent young monks in monasteries! You wholeheartedly cling to the fame in teaching and debating, but when the time comes for you to get the Geshe title, your hair will be as white as conches. All the worldly happiness you enjoy cannot escape the fate of the transient blooming of udumbara trees.
15. Ostensible practitioners, who neglect the merit of the path of practice, such as discipline, concentration and wisdom, but single-mindedly seek benefit of present life! You cannot reach your goal even when death arrives and the strict law of Yama does not allow exception or postponement!
16. White-haired and senile old men! You are still planning for your years” life blueprint without noticing your age as if unaware you are just like an exhausting butter lamp; the journey of this life is about to end. Don”t you think it is time to prepare some money for the journey in the intermediate state after death
17. Young men and women imbued with vitality and in the prime of life! You are proud of your flying bloom and have never had a shadow of death in your mind, but nobody knows when death is coming. When the messengers of Yama arrive and bind your neck, you will feel it too late to repent.
18. Pubescent boys and girls who find one another so congenial and have a complete meeting of minds! You confided to each other endless sugarplums under the rose, made solemn pledge of eternal love, dreamed the mirage of being lifelong companions and never being separated, but no matter what, your lifespan could not be predicated by anyone.
19. Those who were wealthy, noble and with a perfect fortune in past years have already become miserable paupers. When these scenes are clearly reflected on the mirror of mind, how could one not feel lamentable and weary of all contaminated phenomena
20. Your thirty-some white teeth have already fallen here and there. The wrinkles covering your body are just like interlaced spiral mountain trails. All the scenes from blooming to senile are quietly warning: your death is coming soon! If you are still confused and muddling, how can that be different from yaks
21. After the coming spring and fall pass, at the same time next year, countless people would have run into their death. Who can guarantee you will not absolutely be one of them
Therefore, next life is actually not far away!
22. After a hundred years, none of the people on the earth right now will still remain. All lives are doomed to die. In this transitory dream-like deluded appearance, what is the significance to pursue the benefit of present life
23. Most good friends in the same age as me are now drifting in other lands, unsettled. Many lives have already fallen into the darkness of the intermediate state. How could it be possible for me to exist in this world alone
24. When the all-conquering messengers of Yama arrive, even if hiding oneself in an indestructible and seamless castle, guarded by ten thousand armored and armed soldiers, one still cannot stay in this world for just another moment.
25. Even if your wealth and jewels could cover the entire three realms, the messengers of Yama would not accept your bribe. Even Brahma and Indra who reign over the three thousand-fold universes could not come up with a way to escape death.
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