彌留時候的狀況及老人痴呆症 Make great Offerings to Prevent Alzheimer and Dementia d

(English subtitles) Buddhist Master Chin-Kung (淨空法師), 1927-2022, talks dharma.
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World Honored One, when these men and women in Jambudvipa are on the verge of death, their minds are deluded and are unable to distinguish between good and evil; neither can their eyes see nor can their ears hear.
This is how people are describing in Ksitigarbha Sutra. We call it the dying condition. Time is short. He is indeed deluded and ignorant. He often does not recognize his family members, and his memory has completely disappeared.
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This is an extremely dangerous state, which is quite troublesome at this moment. We can only aid people with clear sanity. Once his sanity is unclear, this matter will be troublesome. When a person encounters this situation on his deathbed, even if he meets a good teacher, there is nothing he can do about it. This is a person with very heavy karma. We must remember the lessons of the Ksitigarbha Sutra.
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He must completely rely on the aid of others. There are still some people who have not yet finished their lives and have not yet enjoyed all their blessings. This is the symptom what modern people call Alzheimer's disease. Here he was not yet on his deathbed. This is dementia, Alzheimer. Depending on his good fortune. If he has good fortune, he could be in such a state for 8 to 10 years,
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and he will still be breathing but will not wake up. He doesn't even recognize his favorite family members and is in a coma 24 hours a day. Such people are pitiful. They cannot live or die as they wish. After death, they must be dragged by karma, and they will not be in good realms and definitely degenerate into evil realms.
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Can you ensure this phenomenon will not befall you in the future? No one can guarantee it. When we see these situations today, we must be highly alert. The Buddha taught us the methods here, and we must remember them. These family members should make big offerings, read the Sutra, and recite the names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Such good karma can make the deceased escape from all evil paths, and all demons and gods can be dispersed.
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The key here is the "big offering". Are your relatives and family members willing to make it? Many of those who suffer from Alzheimer's disease are, in fact, rich elders from wealthy family. His family members are so busy fighting for property, who will make a big offering for him? No one cares about his life and death but tries every means to seize property. This person is pitiful and ends up in the 3 evil realms. If the family members are really smart and sensible people and want to save him,
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then they should use all his property to make a big offering for him. Like the Brahmin girl and the bright-eyed girl mentioned earlier, in order to save their mother, they sold all their real estate and used it to make offering for their mother. Where can I find filial children and grandchildren in this world today? If you can't find one, and you can't find a reliable friend to trust, it's dangerous! Extremely dangerous. What to do? It'd better to make a big offering now. The sutra say you should practice while you are alive and reap all the benefits yourself. Only then can you avoid suffering from such illnesses in your later years.
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Now you need to be awakened, you must be truly awakened. Children cannot be relied on, friends cannot be relied on either. Any kind of relative will change his mind later on. None is reliable, the only one you can really rely on is yourself. While you are still healthy, understand the truth. You must make great offerings seriously with all your heart and soul. What is the practice of making offerings? This requires wisdom and proximity to good knowledge.
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As far as spiritual practice is concerned, no matter which sector you study, whether you leave home or stay home, the first prerequisite is to understand the truth. We have to understand the principles of the universe and life taught by the Buddha, and we have to understand the magnificent phenomena of the 10 dharma realms. Let me explain explicitly,
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you can help all sentient beings break away from delusions and become enlightened and help all sentient beings to escape suffering and gain happiness. This offering would be great. Escaping suffering means freedom from the 3 evil realms, liberation from the 6 realms of reincarnation. This is escaping suffering. To gain happiness, the real happiness is to be reborn in the Western Blissful World. Everyone, then you know that today the Buddhist Lodge of the Pure Land Association are practicing great offerings.