..續本文上一頁 of that state, I shall live happily even in a famine."

　　(4) And further, monks, a monk reflects thus: "Now people live in concord and amity, in friendly fellowship as mingled milk and water and look at each other with friendly eyes. But there will come a time of danger, of unrest among the jungle tribes when the country people mount their carts and drive away and fear-stricken people move to a place of safety, and there habitations will be thronged and crowded. But in habitations thronged and crowded one cannot easily contemplate upon the Teachings of the Buddha. Before this undesirable condition, so unpleasant and disagreeable, approaches me, prior to that, let me muster my energy for achieving the unachieved, for attaining the unattained, for realizing the unrealized, so that, in the possession of that state, I shall live happily even in time of danger."

　　(5) And further, monks, a monk reflects thus: "Now the Congregation of Monks lives in concord and amity, without quarrel, lives happily under one teaching. But a time will come when there will be a split in the Congregation. And when the Congregation is split, one cannot easily contemplate upon the Teachings of the Buddha; it is not easy to live in the wilderness or a forest or jungle, or in secluded dwellings. Before this undesirable condition, so unpleasant and disagreeable, approaches me, prior to that, let me muster my energy for achieving the unachieved, for attaining the unattained, for realizing the unrealized, so that, in the possession of that state, I shall live happily even when the Congregation is split."[3]

　　— AN 5:78

　　These things, too, are helpful in conquering sloth and torpor:

　　Applied thought, of the factors of absorptions (jhananga);

　　Energy, of the spiritual faculties (indriya);

　　Investigation of reality, energy and rapture, of the factors of enlightenment (bojjhanga).

　　When the mind is sluggish, it is not the proper time for cultivating the following factors of enlightenment: tranquillity, concentration and equanimity, because a sluggish mind can hardly be aroused by them.

　　When the mind is sluggish, it is the proper time for cultivating the following factors of enlightenment: investigation of reality, energy and rapture, because a sluggish mind can easily be aroused by them.

　　— SN 46:53

　　C. Simile

　　If there is a pot of water, covered with moss and water plants, then a man with a normal faculty of sight looking into it could not properly recognize and see the image of his own face. In the same way, when one”s mind is possessed by sloth and torpor, overpowered by sloth and torpor, one cannot properly see the escape from sloth and torpor that have arisen; then one does not properly understand one”s own welfare, nor that of another, nor that of both; and also texts memorized a long time ago do not come into one”s mind, not to speak of those not memorized.

　　— SN 46:55

　　4. RESTLESSNESS AND REMORSE

　　A. Nourishment of Restlessness and Remorse

　　There is unrest of mind; frequently giving unwise attention to it — that is the nourishment for the arising of restlessness and remorse that have not yet arisen, and for the increase and strengthening of restlessness and remorse that have already arisen.

　　— SN 46:51

　　B. Denourishing of Restlessness and Remorse

　　There is quietude of mind; frequently giving wise attention to it — that is the denourishing of the arising of restlessness and remorse that have not yet arisen, and of the increase and strengthening of restlessness and remorse that have already arisen.

　　— SN 46:51

　　Six things are conducive to the abandonment of restlessness and remorse:

　　1. Knowledge of the Buddhist scriptures (Doctrine and Discipline);

　　2. Asking questions about them;

　　3. Familiarity with the Vinaya (the Code of Monastic Discipline, and for lay follower…

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