【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- How to practice without sleeping at the wrong time - Motivation (3)

【Vigilance: While you cultivate mindfulness in this way, any of the afflictions could arise. If any of them does, you notice it and eliminate it rather than acquiesce to it. 】

Well! When sleeping, one more thing you need to preserve – “vigilance.” This is related to your thoughts, related to mindfulness. Also, when you are sleeping, your mind should think: I want to do this, I have to do this, need to do this! Then, with this mind state, as you sleep, when afflictions arise, one needs to have the ability to eliminate them. Well? For this point, perhaps the majority of us may not necessarily understand it. Now I will share this with you as well. For example, usually when you go to sleep, all the way until you get up the next morning, hear the knocking of the [wakeup] board, “Ah! Why is knocking of the board so early? Let me go back to sleep for a few more minutes!” You will have this thought. Or perhaps, “It’s ok! It’s still early, I will wait until the knock of the third round to get up.” Moreover, “It will not be too late to get up when I hear the drum!” We often have this kind of mentality. Why is that? It is due to a lack of vigilance ahead of time, and then affliction follows. This is very obvious! So what should be done? Prior to sleep, one first thinks this way: “I need to apply joyous perseverance! I need to apply joyous perseverance! In the past, I was influenced by affliction.” Is this alone enough? Not enough! [The author] tells us to “repeatedly reflect” – you continuously have this thought. When you lie down to sleep, thinking tomorrow I am determined to do so! So this sign of application is very clear! After this reflection, you let go and sleep. By the next morning, when you get up, upon hearing the knocking of the board, you will “Thump!” and sit up! Give it a try, I guarantee it will work.

SOURCE 来源 :

26B 15’21” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P71 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P107

日常师父法语📡26B 15’21”手抄稿第4册P71 L2

修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 悎寤瑜伽-意乐3

【正知者谓由如是依止念时，随起烦恼即能了知，断除不受。】

嘿！这个睡觉的时候啊，还有一个要保持“正知”。这个东西啊，跟那个念有关系的，念有关，同时你那个睡觉的时候，你心里想说：我要这个样，我要这个样，要这个样! 然后在这种情况之下，你睡觉的时候，它那个烦恼起来以后，要能够断除。嗯？这一点我们大家也许不一定了解。现在我也告诉你，平常譬如说，你睡觉的时候，到第二天早晨起来的时候，听见了那个板响了的话:“唉！这个板敲得这么早干什么啊？再睡它几分钟!”你会这样想的。那或者：“没关系！还早，等到他敲了第三通再醒。” 乃至于：“敲了鼓我起来不晚!”我们常常有这个心情的。这个为什么﹖就是前面你没有正知，后面就跟着烦恼在转；非常清楚！那怎么办﹖你睡觉的时候先这样想：我要精进！我要精进！以前一直为这个烦恼所转的。单单这样够不够﹖不够！告诉我们的“数数思惟”——你不断地想这个念头。当你心里面，睡下时，明天说我决定要这样去做! 行相很清楚哦！想过了以后，你放掉睡觉。等到你第二天起来的时候，一听见板声，你“咚”一下，能够坐得起来!