Laziness

Laziness (Wyl. le lo) - One of the five faults and twenty subsidiary disturbing emotions. It prevents diligence and is of three kinds.

The three causes of laziness

The Bodhicharyavatara (VII, 3) mentions three causes of laziness:

1. savouring the pleasurable taste of idleness, out of attachment to the pleasures of distraction and a failure to exert yourself in virtue;
2. an indulgence in sleepiness and an increasing desire to lie in bed upon your pillow; and
3. the failure to be saddened by the sufferings of samsara.