What can Buddhism do to cure laziness?

The Buddha taught the sleepy people like this.

Let the sleepy monks have a rest.

The Buddha often taught his disciples to be serious and attentive when studying Buddhism, and never to be slack or lazy. Most disciples listened to the teachings of the Buddha and practiced diligently, so many disciples achieved enlightenment and eliminated a lot of troubles and pains. But one monk refused to study hard. Whenever others are practicing meditation, he falls asleep. Other disciples in the monk group advised him several times, but he still went his own way.

The monk's biggest problem is sleepiness. He goes to bed every day when he is full. When he sleeps, he closes his room tightly. A person sleeps in his room, and no one can wake him up.

At noon that day, the sleepy monk begged for a meal and went back to his monk's room and fell asleep. He never got up after this sleep, and the thunder in the monk's room continued until the next day.

The next morning was the day when the Buddha spoke to the public. All the disciples came except the sleepy monk.

The Buddha asked,' Why didn't the disciple who loves sleeping come?'

A disciple quickly stood up and answered,' Buddha! He hasn't woken up since he went to bed at noon yesterday, so we can't wake him up. "

The Buddha remembered in his heart that the sleeping monk had only seven days to live today, and if he was allowed to die in such a coma, it would not have a good end. The Buddha was very sympathetic to him, so he first asked his disciples to read the scriptures and took Ananda to the monk's room where he slept.

Before the Buddha and Ananda arrived, they heard thunderous voices in the distance, one after another. After pushing the door open, the sound of the porch became louder, and the monk was still curled up in bed and slept soundly.

Ananda called a few times first, but the monk didn't respond and fell asleep. Then, the Buddha went to the monk's bed and gently shook the monk's body with his fingers. The sleeping monk woke up at once.

Seeing the Buddha standing in front of him, the monk looked down at him lovingly, quickly got up and bowed to the Buddha and said, "Dear Buddha, please forgive my disciples for their rudeness."

The Buddha told him,' You only have seven days to live.' I can't bear to watch you die in a coma, and I can't get any positive results, so I'll wake you up.

The monk was surprised. He didn't know that he had only seven days left to live. He was frightened and at a loss.

The Buddha comforted him and said,' This is your destiny. A few generations ago, you became a monk and made a monk. You only know how to eat and sleep. You have never thought about Buddhism, and you have never observed the precepts of Buddhism. Because no blessings were planted, at the end of life, the soul was cast into Mi Chong, so it took 50,000 years, and then reincarnated into snails, mussels and moths in the trunk, and it took 50,000 years before and after.

All the life of your former incarnation likes to live in a dark place without light. They cherish their bodies and lives very much. What's more, these four kinds of life all like to sleep, and sleep for 100 years, and they don't know how to make progress at all. It took you 200,000 years to atone for your past sins, so you can be reincarnated as a monk in this life. Now that you are a monk, you should practice hard and study hard. I didn't expect you to be as greedy and sleepy as you were 200 thousand years ago Why do you always get insufficient sleep? Don't forget the achievements of your predecessor 200 thousand years ago. '

The monk blushed at the Buddha's words and quickly expressed his regret to the Buddha. Just when he deeply repented himself, all other thoughts were eliminated and he was cured by Arhat grosvenor in his last life.