法苑珠林 34.18

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34.18

Tenth, 'mindfulness of death' means with concentrated essence to be mindful of death: perishing here and being born there, wandering through the destinies, life passing without stopping, the faculties scattering and decaying like rotten wood, the life faculty severed, kin separated, without form, without sound, and without appearance. Eliminating all chaotic thoughts, one of oneself attains nirvāṇa. Never departing from mindfulness of death, one then obtains merit. This is termed 'mindfulness of death.' And a verse says:

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese