The Buddha said:
"Monks, of indulgence in three things there can be no satiety or
satisfying.
What three?
Sleep, drinking of fermented liquor, and sexual intercourse.
Of the indulgence in these three things, monks, there can be no satiety."

So these are the three things that no matter how much we get them,
it can never be satisfied.
So, also because they ruin us physically and mentally,
And we become a slave to them like a drug addict.
So the Buddha said to remember
that they can never be satisfaction in these things.
So because of that it is more skillful not to indulge in them."
~ Dhammavuddho Thero

It is interesting to awaken to dukkha,
But I rather sleep through suffering.

So my mantra when I want to snooze in the morning:
"It's dukkha not suffering"

"Laziness is a big one.
People often say:
`What's a good easy technique for overcoming laziness?'
And that's the problem right there."
http://www.dhammatalks.org
From: Above & Beyond Suffering by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

"On the other hand,
if one denies any kind of self,
saying that the cosmos is totally "other,"
then one is assuming
that there is nothing with any long-term existence
whose happiness deserves anything more
than quick, short-term attempts at finding pleasure.
The imperative in this case
would be to pursue immediate pleasure
with as little effort as possible,
thus aborting any sustained effort
to bring about an end to suffering."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/wings/part3.html
From: Wings to Awakening by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
For Free Distribution, as a gift of Dhamma, from Access to Insight and
Thanissaro Bhikkhu

"When getting up in the morning,
the first thing would be
a determination to be mindful.
Becoming aware of opening our eyes,
is the beginning of the day,
and the beginning of mindfulness.
If we have opened our eyes
before becoming aware of that,
we can close them
and start all over again.
And from that small incident
we will gain an understanding of mindfulness
and what it means,
then we can let the mind
be flooded with gratitude
that we have another whole day at our disposal,
for one purpose only.
Not to cook a better meal,
not to buy new things,
but to draw nearer to Nibbana.
One needs enough wisdom to know
how this can be accomplished.
The Buddha told us again and again
but we are hard of hearing
and not totally open to all the instructions.
So we need to hear it many times.

Being grateful brings the mind
to a state of receptivity
and joyful expectation of
"what am I going to do with this day?"
The first thing would be
to sit down to meditate,
maybe having to get up a little earlier.
Most people die in bed,
it's a perfect place for dying,
and not such a perfect place
for spending an unnecessarily long time.
If one has passed the first flush of youth,
one doesn't need so much sleep any more."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/khema/herenow.html#ch10
From: Making the Most of Each Day by Sister Ayya Khema
For free distribution with the kind permission of the late Ayya Khema

Anguttara Nikaya 8.80
Kusita-Arambhavatthu Sutta
The Grounds for Laziness & the Arousal of Energy
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

"Monks, there are these eight grounds for laziness.
Which eight?

"There is the case where a monk has some work to do.
The thought occurs to him:
'I will have to do this work.
But when I have done this work, my body will be tired.
Why don't I lie down?'
So he lies down.
He doesn't make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the first grounds for laziness.

"Then there is the case where a monk has done some work.
The thought occurs to him:
'I have done some work.
Now that I have done work, my body is tired.
Why don't I lie down?'
So he lies down.
He doesn't make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the second grounds for laziness.

"Then there is the case where a monk has to go on a journey.
The thought occurs to him:
'I will have to go on this journey.
But when I have gone on the journey, my body will be tired.
Why don't I lie down?'
So he lies down.
He doesn't make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the third grounds for laziness.
"Then there is the case where a monk has gone on a journey.
The thought occurs to him:
'I have gone on a journey.
Now that I have gone on a journey, my body is tired.
Why don't I lie down?'
So he lies down.
He doesn't make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the fourth grounds for laziness.

"Then there is the case where a monk,
having gone for alms in a village or town,
does not get as much coarse or refined food as he needs to fill
himself up.
The thought occurs to him:
'I, having gone for alms in a village or town,
have not gotten as much coarse or refined food as I need to fill
myself up.
This body of mine is tired & unsuitable for work.
Why don't I lie down?'
So he lies down.
He doesn't make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the fifth grounds for laziness.

"Then there is the case where a monk,
having gone for alms in a village or town,
does get as much coarse or refined food as he needs to fill himself up.
The thought occurs to him:
'I, having gone for alms in a village or town,
have gotten as much coarse or refined food as I need to fill myself up.
This body of mine is heavy & unsuitable for work,
as if I were many months pregnant.
Why don't I lie down?'
So he lies down.
He doesn't make an effort
for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the sixth grounds for laziness.
"Then there is the case where a monk comes down with a slight illness.
The thought occurs to him:
'I have come down with a slight illness.
There's a need to lie down.'
So he lies down.
He doesn't make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the seventh grounds for laziness.

"Then there is the case where a monk has recovered from his illness,
not long after his recovery.
The thought occurs to him:
'I have recovered from my illness.
It's not long after my recovery.
This body of mine is weak & unsuitable for work.
Why don't I lie down?'
So he lies down.
He doesn't make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the eighth grounds for laziness.

"These are the eight grounds for laziness.

"There are these eight grounds for the arousal of energy.
Which eight?

"There is the case where a monk has some work to do.
The thought occurs to him:
'I will have to do this work.
But when I am doing this work, it will not be easy to attend to the
Buddha's message.
Why don't I make an effort beforehand
for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized?'
So he makes an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached, the realization of the
as-yet-unrealized. This is the first grounds for the arousal of energy.
"Then there is the case where a monk has done some work.
The thought occurs to him:
'I have done some work.
While I was doing work,
I couldn't attend to the Buddha's message.
Why don't I make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized?'
So he makes an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the second grounds for the arousal of energy.

"Then there is the case where a monk has to go on a journey.
The thought occurs to him:
'I will have to go on this journey.
But when I am going on the journey,
it will not be easy to attend to the Buddha's message.
Why don't I make an effort beforehand
for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized?'
So he makes an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the third grounds for the arousal of energy.

"Then there is the case where a monk has gone on a journey.
The thought occurs to him:
'I have gone on a journey.
While I was going on the journey,
I couldn't attend to the Buddha's message.
Why don't I make an effort
for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized?'
So he makes an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the fourth grounds for the arousal of energy.
"Then there is the case where a monk,
having gone for alms in a village or town,
does not get as much coarse or refined food as he needs to fill
himself up.
The thought occurs to him:
'I, having gone for alms in a village or town, have not gotten as much
coarse or refined food as I need to fill myself up.
This body of mine is light & suitable for work.
Why don't I make an effort
for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized?'
So he makes an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the fifth grounds for the arousal of energy.

"Then there is the case where a monk,
having gone for alms in a village or town,
does gets as much coarse or refined food as he needs to fill himself up.
The thought occurs to him:
'I, having gone for alms in a village or town,
have gotten as much coarse or refined food as I need to fill myself up.
This body of mine is light & suitable for work.
Why don't I make an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized?'
So he makes an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the sixth grounds for the arousal of energy.

"Then there is the case where a monk comes down with a slight illness.
The thought occurs to him:
'I have come down with a slight illness.
Now, there's the possibility that it could get worse.
Why don't I make an effort beforehand
for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized?'

So he makes an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the seventh grounds for the arousal of energy.

"Then there is the case where a monk has recovered from his illness,
not long after his recovery.
The thought occurs to him:
'I have recovered from my illness.
It's not long after my recovery.
Now, there's the possibility that the illness could come back.
Why don't I make an effort beforehand
for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized?'
So he makes an effort for the attaining of the as-yet-unattained,
the reaching of the as-yet-unreached,
the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
This is the eighth grounds for the arousal of energy.

"These are the eight grounds for the arousal of energy."

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.080.than.html
For Free Distribution, as a gift of Dhamma, from Access to Insight and
Thanissaro Bhikkhu

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/10/how-to-wake-up-feeling-totally-alert/

"Another method that Thich Nhat Hanh invites us to try is to hang a
reminder in our rooms to smile when we wake up. This reminder can be a
branch, a leaf, a painting, or some inspiring words. It can be
anything as long as it carries the message to us to smile upon waking.
We can hang this reminder in the window, above the bed, or anywhere
where we will notice it upon waking. Smiling to begin the day can help
us to approach the day with serenity and inner joy. After we develop
the practice of smiling upon waking we will no longer need a reminder
it will become a natural part of our daily lives. We will find that
love and happiness have entered our lives and are there to greet us
when we wake up in the morning."
http://www.sameergrover.com/articles.htm

"This is how Nanda was wakeful. Here, Nanda purified his mind from
obstructing things during the day seated somewhere. Nanda purified his
mind from obstructing things during the first watch of the night
seated somewhere. During the middle watch of the night, turning to his
right he takes the lion's posture keeping one foot over the other and
mindful of the time of rising. Having got up in the last watch of the
night he purifies the mind from obstructing things. Bhikkhus, this is
how Nanda was wakeful."
http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/4Anguttara-Nikaya/Anguttara5/8-at\
thakanipata/001-mettavaggo-e.html

Nyanaponika's translation is "keeping his mind on the thought of
getting up"

Dear Group,

A while ago someone commented on my blog about that waking up to an
alarm was a modern, artificial, necessary evil and it is best that one
wake up naturally without an alarm. Then the other day I had the
thought that a buzzer alarm is just a modern version of the Wake-Up
Bells used at Buddhist Monasteries. I remember waking up fresh to a
6am wake-up bell on meditation retreat in 1995. So I'm going to set my
alarm for 6am. As soon as it goes off I can mentally interpret the
sound as a sort of wake-up bell. (They do sell Zen Alarm Clocks but
they are expensive.)

With metta / Antony.

PS See my blog (Filter on Category: "Early Riser Project" – 36 entries
so far)
http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/blog/dhammapal/index.php?

"Meditation is particularly important in the morning. We do not
realize how the mind becomes conditioned during the period from 4am
onwards. It is that time of the night when we are neither fully awake
nor fully asleep when the mind becomes very vulnerable to things we
experienced the day before, or perhaps we never experienced at all.
But these negative vibrations are there and the mind tends to pick
them up and they enter the dream state. By the time we wake up, our
mind is already conditioned by these negative vibrations, and so it
becomes very difficult to meditate because with a mind charged with
such vibrations it is difficult to concentrate on something else.

Getting up early means that we get up with a fresh, clear, free mind.
Then we are able to fill the mind with positive vibrations, positive
thoughts, and through this we will find that the mind gets nourished
by this positive thinking, gets strengthened by it, and it helps to
keep the mind steady. Therefore, early morning meditation is very
important. At 4 o'clock in the morning, before getting up, we can sit
for one, two or three hours in meditation."
http://www.spiritual.com.au/articles/meditation/interviewmeditation_Nirliptanand\
a.htm
From: An interview with Swami Nirliptananda about the method and
purpose of meditation

"Oversleeping will never make one's dreams come true."
http://quotingthomas.com/FamousQuote_SourceUnknown.html
Source Unknown

"Individuals who now average six-and-a-half hours of sleep a night can
be reassured this is a safe amount of sleep.

"From a health standpoint there is no reason to sleep longer."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1820996.stm
From: Too much sleep "is bad for you"

"Start the day right. Save all that frantic wasted time used in the
morning to prepare for the day. Spend the night before preparing for
the next day."
http://ohioline.osu.edu/flm01/FS21.html
From: Life Savors: How to Simplify Your Life
By Cynthia R. Shuster, M.S., Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Perry
County, Associate Professor, Ohio State University Extension, The Ohio
State University

Antony: Metta meditation the night before would prepare for the next
morning!

"If you meditate every night before sleeping, you will wake up refreshed."
http://www.vri.dhamma.org/anapana/feedback.html
From: What Children have to say about Anapana Meditation
Goenka site

"I greet each new day with gratitude, joy and anticipation."
http://www.soulartgallery.com/professional-listener.htm
From: A Professional Listener by Eveline Maria Smith

§ 47. {Iti 2.20; Iti 41}
"This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have
heard:
"A monk should be wakeful:
mindful, alert, centered, sensitive, clear, & calm.
And there he should, at the appropriate times,
see clearly into skillful mental qualities.
For a monk who is wakeful —
mindful, alert, centered, sensitive, clear, & calm,
seeing clearly, at the appropriate times, into skillful mental
qualities —
one of two fruits can be expected:
either gnosis right in the present life, or —
if there be any remnant of clinging-sustenance — non-return."

Those who are wakeful, listen!
Those who are sleeping, wake up!
Wakefulness is better than sleep.
For those who are wakeful,
	 there's no danger, no fear.
Whoever is wakeful,
	 mindful, alert,
	 centered, sensitive,
	 calm, & clear,
rightly exploring the Dhamma
at appropriate times,
will — at oneness —
shatter the darkness.

So be devoted to wakefulness.
The ardent monk
— masterful, acquiring jhana,
cutting the fetter of birth & aging —
touches right here
a self-awakening un-
	 surpassed."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.2.028-049.than.html
For Free Distribution with the kind permission of Access to Insight
and Thanissaro Bhikkhu

"Motivational Syntax:
1. You tell yourself something. Auditory Internal
"I tell myself, "I can and will wake up energetic and enthusiastic
each morning.""
2. Then, you feel something. Kinesthetic
"I feel myself feeling energetic and enthusiastic each morning. "
3. Then you see a picture in your mind's eye. Visual Internal
"I see a big, bright, closeup picture of myself waking up feeling
energetic and enthusiastic."

  Metaprograms:
1. Moving toward
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic moves me toward success and
happiness.
2. Internal reference
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic is a wonderful feeling inside.
3. Self sorting
I know that it benefits me.
4. Matching Sameness with Exception
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic is like having an upper in the
morning except that it is healthy.
5. Need to see something many times to believe it.
I have awakened energetic and enthusiastic many times before and I
will do it all the time.
6. Possibility
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic opens up all kinds of
possibilities for achievement and happiness.
7. Independent
It makes me independent of stimulants and worrying.
8. Feeling
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic gives me great emotional and
physical feelings throughout the day.
9. Concept
I conceive of waking up energetic and enthusiastic as a conceptual
tool for happiness
10. Beginning
It is the best beginning for every day.

Motivational Bits
And a couple of key words or concepts that are attractive to you are:
1. Being a genius
I am focused on doing this and it will make me an emotional genius.
2. Being special and unique.
This is something nobody else can do every day.

Action Steps:
How to get the thing to happen (in motivational syntax order.)
I will tell myself each evening before sleep that I will wake up
energetic and enthusiastic. I will act energetic and enthusiastic
when I wake up no matter how I feel. I will visualize myself
energetic and enthusiastic each morning when I wake up.
http://www.rain.org/~da5e/syntact.html

Motivational Syntax:
1. You tell yourself something. Auditory Internal
"I tell myself, "I can and will wake up energetic and enthusiastic
each morning.""
2. Then, you feel something. Kinesthetic
"I feel myself feeling energetic and enthusiastic each morning. "
3. Then you see a picture in your mind's eye. Visual Internal
"I see a big, bright, closeup picture of myself waking up feeling
energetic and enthusiastic."

  Metaprograms:
1. Moving toward
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic moves me toward success and
happiness.
2. Internal reference
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic is a wonderful feeling inside.
3. Self sorting
I know that it benefits me.
4. Matching Sameness with Exception
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic is like having an upper in the
morning except that it is healthy.
5. Need to see something many times to believe it.
I have awakened energetic and enthusiastic many times before and I
will do it all the time.
6. Possibility
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic opens up all kinds of
possibilities for achievement and happiness.
7. Independent
It makes me independent of stimulants and worrying.
8. Feeling
Waking up energetic and enthusiastic gives me great emotional and
physical feelings throughout the day.
9. Concept
I conceive of waking up energetic and enthusiastic as a conceptual
tool for happiness
10. Beginning
It is the best beginning for every day.

Motivational Bits
And a couple of key words or concepts that are attractive to you are:
1. Being a genius
I am focused on doing this and it will make me an emotional genius.
2. Being special and unique.
This is something nobody else can do every day.

Action Steps:
How to get the thing to happen (in motivational syntax order.)
I will tell myself each evening before sleep that I will wake up
energetic and enthusiastic. I will act energetic and enthusiastic
when I wake up no matter how I feel. I will visualize myself
energetic and enthusiastic each morning when I wake up.
http://www.rain.org/~da5e/syntact.html

Dear Group,

Check out our links section. There are 14 links and counting:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/EarlyRiserProject/links

with metta / Antony.

Here is a link to my blog:
(Filter on Category: Early Riser Project)
http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/blog/dhammapal/index.php?

AN 7.58
Capala Sutta (extract)
Nodding
Translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu PTS: A iv 85
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Once the Buddha was living among the Bhaggas in the Deer Park at
Bhesakala Grove, near Crocodile Haunt. At that time Ven. Maha
Moggallana1 sat nodding near the village of Kallavalaputta, in
Magadha. The Blessed One, with his purified divine eye, surpassing
the human, saw Ven. Maha Moggallana as he sat nodding near the
village of Kallavalaputta, in Magadha. As soon as he saw this — just
as a strong man might extend his flexed arm or flex his extended arm —
  he disappeared from among the Bhaggas in the Deer Park at Bhesakala
Grove, near Crocodile Haunt, and re-appeared near the village of
Kallavalaputta, in Magadha, right in front of Ven. Maha Moggallana.
There he sat down on a prepared seat. As he was sitting there, the
Blessed One said to Ven. Maha Moggallana, "Are you nodding,
Moggallana? Are you nodding?"

"Yes, lord."

"Well then, Moggallana, whatever perception you have in mind when
drowsiness descends on you, don't attend to that perception, don't
pursue it. It's possible that by doing this you will shake off your
drowsiness.

"But if by doing this you don't shake off your drowsiness, then
recall to your awareness the Dhamma as you have heard & memorized it,
re-examine it & ponder it over in your mind. It's possible that by
doing this you will shake off your drowsiness.

"But if by doing this you don't shake off your drowsiness, then
repeat aloud in detail the Dhamma as you have heard & memorized it.
It's possible that by doing this you will shake off your drowsiness.

"But if by doing this you don't shake off your drowsiness, then pull
both your earlobes and rub your limbs with your hands. It's possible
that by doing this you will shake off your drowsiness.

"But if by doing this you don't shake off your drowsiness, then get
up from your seat and, after washing your eyes out with water, look
around in all directions and upward to the major stars &
constellations. It's possible that by doing this you will shake off
your drowsiness.

"But if by doing this you don't shake off your drowsiness, then
attend to the perception of light, resolve on the perception of
daytime, [dwelling] by night as by day, and by day as by night. By
means of an awareness thus open & unhampered, develop a brightened
mind. It's possible that by doing this you will shake off your
drowsiness.

"But if by doing this you don't shake off your drowsiness, then —
percipient of what lies in front & behind — set a distance to
meditate walking back & forth, your senses inwardly immersed, your
mind not straying outwards. It's possible that by doing this you will
shake off your drowsiness.

"But if by doing this you don't shake off your drowsiness, then —
reclining on your right side — take up the lion's posture, one foot
placed on top of the other, mindful, alert, with your mind set on
getting up. As soon as you wake up, get up quickly, with the
thought, 'I won't stay indulging in the pleasure of lying down, the
pleasure of reclining, the pleasure of drowsiness.' That is how you
should train yourself.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an07/an07.058.than.html

--- In EarlyRiserProject@yahoogroups.com, "Antony Woods"
<antony272b@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks for those words of the Buddha. I will memorize them when I
am
> not sleepy.
>
> Steve Pavlina wrote:
> "You actually need more discipline when you're fully awake and
> conscious:  the discipline to know that you can't trust yourself to
> make intelligent, conscious decisions the moment you first wake
up.
> You need the discipline to accept that you're not going to make the
> right call at 5am."
> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-right-away-
> when-your-alarm-goes-off/
>
> Following Steve's advice I was able to get up at 6am this morning
> with the alarm after 3 reps "dry runs" practicing waking up with
the
> alarm around 9-9:40pm last night. Finding Steve's article has
already
> more than repaid the effort to create this group.
>
> So far so good.
>
> with metta / Antony.

Great article.  I sent it to the people in my office. :)

I was doing really well at the beginning of the year getting up in
the morning and doing 30 minutes yoga and 30 minutes of zazen.  Then
I moved, which changed my schedule (I have over an hour commute,
sometimes almost 2 hours) and kind of lost my way.

Fortunatley I will be moving closer soon and I can get back on
schedule.  I still do manage to get 30 minutes of zazen most mornings.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for those words of the Buddha. I will memorize them when I am
not sleepy.

Steve Pavlina wrote:
"You actually need more discipline when you're fully awake and
conscious:  the discipline to know that you can't trust yourself to
make intelligent, conscious decisions the moment you first wake up.
You need the discipline to accept that you're not going to make the
right call at 5am."
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-right-away-
when-your-alarm-goes-off/

Following Steve's advice I was able to get up at 6am this morning
with the alarm after 3 reps "dry runs" practicing waking up with the
alarm around 9-9:40pm last night. Finding Steve's article has already
more than repaid the effort to create this group.

So far so good.

with metta / Antony.

>From: "dkotschessa" <dkotschessa@...>
>To: EarlyRiserProject@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [EarlyRiser] Laziness!
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:39:40 -0000
>
>These quotes from The Buddha were compiled and passed onto me from
>Bhikkhu Samahita elsewhere on the internet:
>
>Sutta Nipata II.10
>                      Utthana Sutta
>                      _Initiative_
>
>             Get up!
>             Sit up!
>          What need do you have for sleep?
>
>          And what sleep is there for the afflicted,
>             pierced by the arrow,
>             oppressed?
>
>             Get up!
>             Sit up!
>          Train firmly for the sake of peace,
>          Don't let the king of death,
>
>          -- seeing you heedless --
>             deceive you,
>             bring you under his sway.
>
>          Cross over the attachment
>          to which human & heavenly beings,
>                 remain desiring
>                 tied as by chains.
>          Don't let the moment pass by.
>          Those for whom the moment is past
>          grieve, consigned to hell.
>
>             Heedless is
>             dust, dust
>          comes from heedlessness
>             has heedlessness
>             on its heels.
>          Through heedfulness & clear knowing
>             you'd remove
>             your own sorrow.
>         _______________________________
>
>         And what, friends,   is starving of the arising of yet
>unarisen Sloth and Laziness ?
>              is starving of growth and increase of arisen Sloth and
>         Laziness ?
>
>          There is, friends, the element of raising effort
>                             the element of exertion
>                             the element of striving.
>
>          Systematic and continuous Attention to these elements of
>          raising effort, element of exertion and element of striving
>          is Starving the arising of yet unarisen Sloth and Laziness,
>          and Starvation of the growth and increase of already arisen
>          Sloth and Laziness !   SN V, 104
>
>         ______________________________
>
>More here:
>http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Arousal_Get_Up_and_Going.htm
>http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Enthusiastic_is_Energy.htm
>

These quotes from The Buddha were compiled and passed onto me from
Bhikkhu Samahita elsewhere on the internet:

Sutta Nipata II.10
                      Utthana Sutta
                      _Initiative_

             Get up!
             Sit up!
          What need do you have for sleep?

          And what sleep is there for the afflicted,
             pierced by the arrow,
             oppressed?

             Get up!
             Sit up!
          Train firmly for the sake of peace,
          Don't let the king of death,


          -- seeing you heedless --
             deceive you,
             bring you under his sway.


          Cross over the attachment
          to which human & heavenly beings,
                 remain desiring
                 tied as by chains.
          Don't let the moment pass by.
          Those for whom the moment is past
          grieve, consigned to hell.


             Heedless is
             dust, dust
          comes from heedlessness
             has heedlessness
             on its heels.
          Through heedfulness & clear knowing
             you'd remove
             your own sorrow.


         _______________________________


         And what, friends,   is starving of the arising of yet
unarisen Sloth and Laziness ?
              is starving of growth and increase of arisen Sloth and
         Laziness ?


          There is, friends, the element of raising effort
                             the element of exertion
                             the element of striving.


          Systematic and continuous Attention to these elements of
          raising effort, element of exertion and element of striving
          is Starving the arising of yet unarisen Sloth and Laziness,
          and Starvation of the growth and increase of already arisen
          Sloth and Laziness !   SN V, 104


         ______________________________


         More here:
         http://what-buddha-
said.net/drops/Arousal_Get_Up_and_Going.htm
         http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Enthusiastic_is_Energy.htm

"In the early morning....they can start the day with what we call
dharmacitta. When the alarm goes off, they can listen to a beautiful,
peaceful message of the Buddha. They can wake up to a message about
metta, compassion, joy and equanimity, for example. They could keep
that with them all day as an object of contemplation. This way we can
bring the Buddha's message into our daily life, in addition to our
meditation. Contemplation itself is meditation, because we
incorporate the message into our life. These messages must be kept
alive in our daily life, in our thoughts, words and deeds. In my
upbringing, long before we even knew our alphabet, we knew a lot of
Pali chanting and dharma verses from our tradition. The very first
thing we heard when we woke up in the morning was our parents
reciting something very beautiful, very peaceful, wishing goodwill,
peace, solace and comfort for the world."
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebdha295.htm
From: The Importance of Study: A Panel Discussion with Bhante
Henepola Gunaratana, John Daido Loori, Christina Feldman and Georges
Dreyfus
Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, Winter 2003,
http://www.thebuddhadharma.com

"Every day, think
   as you wake up, today
   I am fortunate to have woken up,
   I am alive,
   I have a precious human life,
   I am not going to waste it,
   I am going to use all my energies
   to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others,
   to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings,
   I have going to have kind thoughts toward others,
   I am not going to get angry, or think badly about others,
   I am going to benefit others as much as I can."

   ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

"When getting up in the morning, the first thing would be a
determination to be mindful. Becoming aware of opening our eyes, is
the beginning of the day, and the beginning of mindfulness. If we
have opened our eyes before becoming aware of that, we can close them
and start all over again. And from that small incident we will gain
an understanding of mindfulness and what it means, then we can let
the mind be flooded with gratitude that we have another whole day at
our disposal, for one purpose only. Not to cook a better meal, not to
buy new things, but to draw nearer to Nibbana. One needs enough
wisdom to know how this can be accomplished. The Buddha told us again
and again but we are hard of hearing and not totally open to all the
instructions. So we need to hear it many times.

Being grateful brings the mind to a state of receptivity and joyful
expectation of "what am I going to do with this day?" The first thing
would be to sit down to meditate, maybe having to get up a little
earlier. Most people die in bed, it's a perfect place for dying, and
not such a perfect place for spending an unnecessarily long time. If
one has passed the first flush of youth, one doesn't need so much
sleep any more."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/khema/herenow.html#ch10
From: Making the Most of Each Day by Sister Ayya Khema
For free distribution with the kind permission of the late Ayya Khema

Welcome to EarlyRiserProject.
May we awake refreshed and ready to commence our days.

Here are some great articles by Steve Pavlina that have spread all over
the InterNet:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser-
part-ii/
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-right-away-when-
your-alarm-goes-off/

with metta / Antony.