59-05-032 Proceeding

131 Proceedings of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Congress Again, by getting up in the third watch And going into movement, or indeed just sitting, You might renew your practice, with mind refreshed, And power of the senses curbed. (14.34) 9 It is seen that the Buddha teaching of themethod for Alleviating Sleepiness is still useful in the present time, and always, such as washing the face, facing up to the sky, reciting a book aloud. Moreover, the Buddha suggested related methods with use of meditation to suppress the sleepiness, such as fixing themind, practice of kasiṇa, practice of samādhi, andwalkingmeditation. While for some, sitting meditation would cause sleepiness, he has to change the position for awake the mind to walking mediation, by supporting the mind by consciousness, and controlling the pace. (In another word, to sit causes sleepiness easier than walking.) Besides, in the verse 26, there are sayings of states of fear, happiness, and sorrow, while suppressing the sleepiness. By this principle, whenwe have these feelings, the body releases adrenaline, a hormone for stimulating the muscles and mechanism in the body to wake up and want to work. 10 This method may be benefit for alleviating sleepiness, but the bad side is that if this substance was released too much from the temper, it would cause stress and be harmful for the nervous system. It is seen that the Tipiṭaka, the Buddha didn’t teach this method, for hemight recognize its bad side. But Aśvaghoṣa added this method here, probably for hiding the philosophical issues, i.e., causing fear of sufferings, sorrows of birth, and pleasure of dharma listening. 9 dhāturārambhadhṛtyośca sthāmavikramayorapi| nityaṃ manasi kāryaste bādhyamānena nidrayā||22|| (Saun.14/22) āmnātavyāśca viśadaṃ te dharmā ye pariśrutāḥ| parebhyaścopadeṣṭavyāḥ saṃcintyāḥ svayameva ca||23|| (Saun.14/23) prakledyamadbhirvadanaṃ vilokyāḥ sarvato diśaḥ| cāryā dṛṣṭiśca tārāsu jijāgariṣuṇā sadā||24|| (Saun.14/24) antargatairacapalairvaśasthāyibhirindriyaiḥ| avikṣiptena manasā caṃkramyasvāsva vā niśi||25|| (Saun.14/25) bhaye prītau ca śoke ca nidrayā nābhibhūyate| tasmānnidrābhiyogeṣu sevitavyamidaṃ trayam||26|| (Saun.14/26) pūrvaṃ yāmaṃ triyāmāyāḥ prayogeṇātināmya tu | sevyā śayyā śarīrasya viśrāmārthaṃ svatantriṇā||32|| (Saun.14/32) dakṣiṇena tu pārśvena sthitayālokasaṃjñayā| prabodhaṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā śayīthāḥ śāntamānasaḥ||33|| (Saun.14/33) yāme tṛtīye cotthāya carannāsīna eva vā| bhūyo yogaṃ manaḥśuddhau kurvīthā niyatendriyaḥ||34|| (Saun.14/34) 10 Assoc. Dr. Somsak Tiamkao. Sansueprasat (Neurotransmitter). Accessed April 12, 2015. Available from https://haamor.com/th/ ส ารสื่อประสาท /