Sleeping as Practice
Using sleep for dharma through proper position and intention.
Sleep in the lion's position (right side) with dharma motivation. Merge the mind with the clear light before sleep. This prepares for maintaining awareness through the night and at death.
Even sleep can become dharma practice.
Conscious sleeping prepares for conscious dying.
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- What Tibetan Buddhism says about habit and discipline
Sleep is taken on the right side in the lion's position, with the mind merged into clear light beforehand. Even the hours you are unconscious are given a form, and they double as rehearsal for the clear light said to dawn at death.