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Through understanding the nature and the function of the mind correctly
then we understand clearly that our mind is very different from our body,
you know, from our body, very clearly. Then, we clearly understand ...
through this ... so when we understand our mind is very different from our body,
this proves that after our death, although our body will cease, but our mind will not.
Our mind leaves the body and goes to the next life, like a bird leaves one
nest and moves to another.
Another example is that during our sleep, for example, during our sleep
when we are dreaming, our body is like dead, no function. You know. But
our mind leaves the body and goes to the dream world, experiencing dream life,
which is new life, new life. We should know that our death is like sleep.
Sometimes when people say when people die, they sleep.
So our death is like sleep.
Our experience of future lives are like dream, like dream.
Buddha says 'You should know all phenomena like dream.'
There's no inherently existent phenomena.
Everything is like dream. So therefore our death is like sleep,
our experience of future lives are like dream. The circle of this death and
dream will be continually, without end. This proves the existence of countless
future lives very clearly, very clearly. There's no doubt, the existence of
countless future lives.
Our dreams teach you, even dream alone, sleeping, dreaming alone shows.
Milarepa says 'You should mix sleep, dream and
waking. You should mix' It has great meaning.
So anyway, through understanding and contemplating all this explanation
that I have explained, then without forgetting meaning, previous, then you
should think, you should understand and think, 'The happiness and freedom of
my future lives is more important than this life, because my present life is only
one single life but my future lives are countless and endless. Therefore
there's no doubt that future lives are more important than this life.' Then we can make
strong determination, 'I must prepare for the happiness and freedom of
my countless future lives now.' 'I must prepare for the happiness and freedom of
my countless future lives now.' We meditate on this determination every day.
We meditate on this determination every day. And we put, we should put our
determination into practice.