Lethargy & Laziness ...

[Bhikkhu Samahita]

Friends:

How does Lethargy & Laziness Suppress Mind?

A Brahmin Priest once asked the Blessed Buddha:
Master Gotama, what is the cause of being unable to remember even something that
has been memorized over a long period & also that which has not been memorized?
Brahmin, when mind is retarded by lethargy & laziness, dimmed, detained & dominated
by lethargy and laziness, and one does not understand any actual safe escape from this
arisen lethargy and laziness, in that very moment, one can neither see nor understand,
what is advantageous, neither for oneself, nor for others, nor for both oneself & others.
Then, consequently, even texts, that have been long memorized, cannot be remembered…
Why is this neglect so? Imagine a bowl of water covered with moss, water plants & algae.
If a man with good eye-sight were to inspect the reflection of his own face in it, he would
neither see nor recognize it, as it really is! So too, brahmin, when mind is slowed down by
lethargy & laziness, dimmed, detained & handicapped by lethargy & laziness, on any such
occasion even texts long memorized do not recur to the mind, not to speak of those texts,
events & information, that have not been memorized at all…

On how to prevent Lethargy & Laziness (curable dementia), details & arousing inspiration:

Systematic Attention to the 3 elements of initiative, launching into effort and endurance!

Enthusiastic is Energy: http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Enthusiastic_is_Energy.htm

Arousal! Get Up and Going:  http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Arousal_Get_Up_and_Going.htm 

Hindrance - Nivarana: http://www.what-buddha-said.org/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm

Therapy and Comments: http://www.what-buddha-said.org/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4c.htm

Source (edited extract)

:
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V:122-3] section 46: The Links. 55: To Sangarava...

 

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