Is Six Hours Enough Sleep?

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The children should be trained in early rising, attending mangal arati, some

elementary education: arithmetic, alphabet, some of our books, like that.

They should go to bed by 8 p.m. and rise by 4 a.m. for mangal arati, getting

8 hours sleep. If they take 8 hours sleep, they will not fall asleep during

arati. When they get up they should wash with a little warm water, at least

three times wash face. They may sleep one hour in the afternoon and there is

no harm

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Aniruddha -- Bombay 10 January, 1972

 

 

And I asked you to go and sleep. It disturbs me, too much disturbs me. I

tell you frankly. When I speak or when I speak if somebody dozes, better not

to sit. Sleep twenty-four hours, but don't make show like that: "I am

sitting here and dozing." This is very much disturbing to me. Better frankly

sleep. Why this should be? I do not know. What is the reason? You don't have

full sleep? And if you don't have sleep, then extend. You make it eight

o'clock. But sleep sufficiently. If six hours', seven hours' sleep is not

sufficient, sleep thirteen hours, fourteen hours. But don't make dozing like

this.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.18-19 -- Gorakhpur, February 12,

1971