I think the eighth precept goes like this:
But I know no pali. What is an eighth precept undertaker supposed to be doing?Attha-sila wrote:Uccasayana-mahasayana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
What is wrong with my bed? Personally I've been sleeping on the floor (over a blanket) on uposatha days (well covered in quilt and blanket to fight autumn's nights colds). What I don't know if I actually am missing the point and the precept it's not about sleeping on the floor.DN 2 Thanissaro wrote:... Whereas some brahmans and contemplatives, living off food given in faith, are addicted to high and luxurious furnishings such as these — over-sized couches, couches adorned with carved animals, long-haired coverlets, multi-colored patchwork coverlets, white woolen coverlets, woolen coverlets embroidered with flowers or animal figures, stuffed quilts, coverlets with fringe, silk coverlets embroidered with gems; large woolen carpets; elephant, horse, and chariot rugs, antelope-hide rugs, deer-hide rugs; couches with awnings, couches with red cushions for the head and feet — he abstains from using high and luxurious furnishings such as these. This, too, is part of his virtue...
What I do think it's that it can bring a sense of humility and in the case you welcome more people to spend the night at your home than mattresses you have you are well prepared to offer your own mattress