【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- How to practice without sleeping at the wrong time (4)

Sleep is necessary. However, do not overdo or indulge in it. Once you indulge in it, then you are finished ! So this is about the middle portion of the night.

【When you develop the body in that way, your body will be most serviceable for employment in both kinds of joyous perseverance in the group of virtues, and this also will be helpful.】

Well, this concept tells us: because the body that comprises the 4 elements [i.e earth, water, fire, wind] has been enhanced through the process of sleeping, it is well kept. Then you are fully charged with energy. So at that time, you will have the energy to practice the teaching. This is when your practice will be more powerful, and thus becomes “serviceable for employment.” Because of this power, the benefit is great. I have seen too many who have tried to practice constantly sitting in meditation without lying down to sleep – they don’t sleep at night yet doze off during the day – and they can’t muster any energy to do anything. Alas! Doing anything... just like that. To stand there and be dull-witted, he may be able to get by. But once you ask him to put in more effort – to listen to a sutra or to try something else – he gets sleepy. So why bother with “the constant sitting in meditation without lying down to sleep”? Really! So this is a mistaken approach. This is something we should recognize right from the beginning.

SOURCE 来源 :

26B 04’11” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P64 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P107

日常师父法语📡26B 04’11”手抄稿第4册P64 L2

修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 悎寤瑜伽4

这个睡觉需要的，不过呢，不要贪、不要纵，一纵你就完了！那么这个是说中夜。

【若能如是长养其身，于诸修善品修二精进，极有堪能，极为利益。】

喏，这个道理告诉我们: 因为经过睡眠长养的这个四大之身，保护得好好的。然后呢精神很旺，那个时候你才提得起力量来去修。这个时候修的话，力量很大，所以“极有堪能”，因为有这个力量，所以有很大的利益。我就看见太多这种学不倒单的人，晚上不睡觉，白天打瞌睡，做什么事情提不起来。唉！做什么事情……这样，就站在那里痴痴呆呆还勉强可以，你叫他用一点劲啊，一听经啊或者一试什么，就打瞌睡了，那个不倒单跟它干什么啊﹖真是！所以很大的一个错误。这一点我们开始的时候，要了解的。