From The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva
Chapter 7:
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Diligence means joy in virtuous ways.
Its contraries have been defined as laziness,
An inclination for unwholesomeness,
Defeatism and self-contempt.
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A taste for idle pleasure
And a craving for repose and sleep,
No qualms about the sorrows of samsara:
Laziness indeed is born of these.
“Too busy is only speech. Only a lazy mind says “I have no time to practice.” When you wake up, if you can practice even for ten minutes, no problem. But if you say, “I am busy, I cannot do that,” that’s lazy mind. If someone says to you, “If you don’t do one hundred and eight bows tomorrow, I will kill you,” then tomorrow morning you will do one hundred and eight bows.”
–Zen Master Seung Sahn. One Person’s Energy Helps All People 1 March 1989
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