How Long to Live
A young girl often asked Rinpoche how long she was going to live. Rinpoche sent this advice to her.
As long as you are practicing Dharma every day, abandoning negative karma, and practicing good karma, then it doesn’t matter how long you live. But if you don’t do that, then even if you live for a billion years, it is no good. It would be a billion years just to create negative karma.
So, you need to think how all your actions can become virtue, good karma, and the best virtue. Live your life with a bodhicitta motivation as much as possible, whatever you do.
Even though you may live for a hundred years, it’s good to think, “I’m going to die today.” I’m not saying that you will live for a hundred years, but even if you do, it’s good to think, “I’m going to die today.”