【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- How to practice without sleeping at the wrong time (5)

What is the key issue here? The first one is you should not indulge in it. As for the second, while sleeping, there is a proper method, so it will definitely not be wasted. Like the previous example, if one does not have skill-in-means in practicing constantly sitting in meditation without lying down to sleep, not only will you waste the night, but the day will be wasted as well! You wasted the time for you to sleep; moreover, you are not mindful of the correct view. You lack the energy to engage in things during the day, and you are not able to do it. How wrong can this be! Thus, that is a sign of lacking skill-in-means. You only learn from the appearances – such learning is making mistakes, and this is the reason! Now it reveals to us about what to do when we actually sleep.

 【When you go to sleep, first come out from the meditation room, wash your feet, and then enter your own room. Then, lying on your right side, place your left leg upon the right, and sleep like a lion. 】

First, at time of sleep, you should wash your feet. Here now, we are different from India. In India, people were often barefoot. So naturally, they washed their feet before going to bed. We wear shoes here, and certainly, it is necessary to take a bath in the summer, but in the winter it is optional [to take bath everyday]. Then, go to bed. When sleeping, we all know this is about the auspicious posture to sleep in.

SOURCE 来源 :

26B 05’28” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P64 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P107

日常师父法语📡26B 05’28” 手抄稿第4册P64 LL4

修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 悎寤瑜伽5

问题是在什么地方呢﹖就是你不要纵它，这第一个。第二个呢，睡眠的时候，还有正确的方法，所以绝不浪费。像前面那个不得善巧，那个学不倒单哪，不要说晚上浪费掉了，白天也完全浪费掉了！叫你该睡的时候嘛你不睡，浪费掉了，你也没有在正念当中；白天该做事情提不起来，你也不能做，这么个错法！所以不得善巧，你单单从行相上面去学啊，怎么学，怎么错，就这个道理! 现在告诉我们正式睡觉了。

【临睡息时，应出房外，洗足入内，右胁而卧，重叠左足于右足上，犹如狮子而正睡眠。】

第一个，现在睡觉的时候，应洗个脚。我们现在这里跟印度不一样，印度是赤脚的，所以他当然睡觉的时候要洗一下。我们这里穿了鞋子的，当然，夏天要洗澡，冬天如果不那个，可以不必。那么，然后呢去睡，睡的时候要这样睡，这我们大家晓得的，是吉祥卧。