【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- How to practice without sleeping at the wrong time - Motivation (2.1)

【Mindfulness: This arises from having heard, thought, and meditated on meaningful, virtuous teachings. Pursue this practice until you have fallen asleep. By this means, even when you are asleep, your mind will continue to engage the teachings, just as though you were not asleep. In short, you will sustain your virtuous practice even when you are asleep.】

What should you do with your mind? At that time - the previous one was the idea of illumination - this second one is about your thoughts. Usually, when we fall asleep, we let go and do not think of anything. Now it is not like that. We still need to continue with our study, reflection, and meditation. Continue to reflect, be mindful of the virtuous teachings that we studied during the day. Then continue to maintain it mindfully. If you can do so, well, there will be a certain state. If we truly are able to do so, usually for us, we can’t sleep; if you lie down there and continue to think, of course, you will not fall asleep. But there is an advantage – you might give it a try. If you can really think, and think like this, in the end, you will still fall asleep. Once asleep - such a wonderful state - the mindfulness remains and is very clear. You give it a try!

SOURCE 来源 :

26B 11’31” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P68 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P107

日常师父法语📡26B 11’31”手抄稿第4册P68 LL2

修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 悎寤瑜伽-意乐2.1

【念者，谓闻思修诸善法义所成正念，乃至未入熟睡之际，应令随逐。由此能令已睡沉时等同未睡，】

这个心里面那个怎么办呢？那个时候啊，第二个是，前面是个光明想；第二个呢，你那个心念。平常我们睡下去，放掉了，什么都不念。它现在不是，还要再继续地闻思修，继续地思惟，念我们白天所念的种种的善法，然后呢，那个时候正念保持。你能够这样的话，欸，它有一个状态，如果说我们真的能够这样的话，平常我们来说的话，我们会睡不着的，你躺下来你还在那儿想的话，会睡不着，是必然。但是它有一个好处，你不妨去试试看，你真的能够这样去想想想想，到后来它还是睡着。睡着了以后，妙的境界，它那个正念还在，非常清楚。你们去试试看!