Sloth/Laziness is absolutely incompatible with the path
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:52 pm
Sloth is the worst of the seven deadly sins, it's at the core of our error. Laziness is, in a way, the basis of all our future wrong doings/mistakes.
One of the greatest virtues is diligence. Laziness is completely and definitely incompatible with the path to wisdom.
This seems a very significant truth to me. Any wisdom of non-action is not contradictory to this since I'm not speaking of the importance of labour here.
Through sloth and laziness we compound our mistakes, we become amoral, and most importantly, we fail to tread our own spiritual path. "The path to enlightenment".
In the Buddhist eight fold path this is "Right Effort".
"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent." Buddha
And it seems appropriate:
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing, knowing is not enough;we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." Leonardo Da Vinci
One of the greatest virtues is diligence. Laziness is completely and definitely incompatible with the path to wisdom.
This seems a very significant truth to me. Any wisdom of non-action is not contradictory to this since I'm not speaking of the importance of labour here.
Through sloth and laziness we compound our mistakes, we become amoral, and most importantly, we fail to tread our own spiritual path. "The path to enlightenment".
In the Buddhist eight fold path this is "Right Effort".
"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent." Buddha
And it seems appropriate:
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing, knowing is not enough;we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." Leonardo Da Vinci