Pali Term: Ussūraseyyā
Pali Term: Ussūraseyyā
Does this refer to sleeping after sunrise or after dawn?
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Dhammanando
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Re: Pali Term: Ussūraseyyā
It's not altogether certain whether it means (1) oversleeping in the morning, (2) taking siestas at noon, or (3) sleeping at any time during the day. But if it means #1, then much like the English expression "to have a lie-in" the word doesn't entail any stipulation as to whether one sleeps until after sunrise or until after dawn.ccharles wrote:Does this refer to sleeping after sunrise or after dawn?
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
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Bhikkhu Pesala
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Re: Pali Term: Ussūraseyyā
The PTS dictionary gives Ussūraseyya as "Sleeping after sunrise."
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