Chapter 6 Chapter 3 Dying

When you are dying, don't ask about your will, and don't gossip about it.I am afraid that he will affect love, be greedy for the world, and hinder the ear of death.If you want to leave a will, you should write it when you are healthy and give it to someone to keep. If you say you want to take a bath and change clothes, you can try to do it as you like.If you don't want to speak, or if you are silent and unable to speak, you don't need to force it.Because before the death of ordinary people, the body will inevitably suffer.If forced to take a bath and change clothes for moving, the pain will be even worse.In the world, there are people who have vowed to be born in the West, and at the end of their lives, their family members move to disturb them, destroy their righteous thoughts, and thus make them unable to pass away. There are many, many.There are also those who can live in a good way at the end of their lives, but are mistakenly touched by others, and then become angry and lead to an evil way, as it is recorded in the scriptures: King Ajita fell into the body of a snake when he died, is it not to be feared?

At the time of death, you can sit or lie down as you like, and it is not advisable to force yourself.If you feel that your strength is weak, you can stay in bed as much as possible, and try to sit up without looking good.When lying down, one should face west and lie on the right flank.If you change to lying on your back or lying on your side facing east and left side due to physical pain, you can let it happen naturally and cannot force it. When the public helps to chant the Buddha's name, they should ask Amitabha Buddha to receive the leading image and offer it to the patient's bedroom so that he can look at it.

There are no restrictions on the number of people who help chanting.If there are many people, it is advisable to read in shifts, continuously.Whether to recite six characters, or four characters, whether fast or slow, you must ask the patient in advance, and recite it according to his usual habits and pleasure, and the patient can follow along and recite silently.Now I see that those who help to recite all do as they please, without asking the patient, since it has violated their usual habits and pleasure, how can they recite silently along with each other.I wish that from now on, all those who serve as chanting assistants should pay attention to this matter.The original picture on page 10 is on page 17. Master Hongyi was at the gate of Feng Zikai’s house in Jiangwan, Shanghai in 1927 when he was 48 years old.

Ordinary chanting aids all use a small wooden fish to draw a chime.According to my experience, people with neurasthenia are very afraid of the sound of chime and small wooden fish when they are sick, because the sound is sharp and stimulates the nerves, which makes the mind restless.If you want to, it is most appropriate to avoid the small wooden fish that draws the chime, and only use the sound to assist the recitation.Or change it to a big bell, a big chime, or a big wooden fish. The sound is loud and powerful, and people who hear it can feel respectful, which is better than a small wooden fish that can be heard.But what people like is different.This matter must be asked in detail to the patient in advance, and it should be tried out as it pleases.It may be inappropriate, you can change it at any time, don't be stubborn.