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SN 1.16PTS (1st ed) SN 1.71 min read

Sleepiness and Sloth

Niddātandīsutta

Laziness is an obstruction to the path.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.16Linked Discourses 1.16
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0.3NiddātandīsuttaSleepiness and Sloth

1.1“Niddā tandī vijambhitā,“Sleepiness, sloth, and yawning,1.2Aratī bhattasammado;discontent, and grogginess after eating:1.3Etena nappakāsati,because of this the noble path1.4Ariyamaggo idha pāṇinan”ti.doesn’t shine for creatures here.”

2.1“Niddaṁ tandiṁ vijambhitaṁ,“Sleepiness, sloth, and yawning,2.2Aratiṁ bhattasammadaṁ;discontent, and grogginess after eating:2.3Vīriyena naṁ paṇāmetvā,when this is energetically fended off,2.4Ariyamaggo visujjhatī”ti.the noble path is purified.”