Guest guest Posted March 17, 1999 Report Share Posted March 17, 1999 THE FOREST OF ENJOYMENT MATERIALISTS ARE DEVOURED BY THE PYTHON OF SLEEP Sukadaeva Gosvami continued speaking to Maharaja Pariksit: My dear King, sleep is exactly like a python. Those who wander in the forest of material life are always devoured by the python of sleep. Being bitten by this python, they always remain in the darkness of ignorance. They are like dead bodies thrown in a distant forest. Thus the conditioned souls cannot understand what is going on in life. Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5. Ch.14. Text 20 PURPORT Material life means being fully absorbed in eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Out of these, sleep is taken very seriously. While asleep, one completely forgets the object of life and what to do. For spiritual realization, one should try to avoid sleep as much as possible. The Gosvamis of Vrindavana practically did not sleep at all. Of course, they slept some, for the body requires sleep, but they slept only about two hours, and sometimes not even that. They always engaged in spiritual cultivation. Nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau. Following in the footsteps of The Gosvamis, we should try to reduce sleeping, eating, mating and defending. Srila Prabhupada (Text 394) ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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