How do novice Tibetan monks meditate 23 hours a day?
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One can get by on little to no sleep when one mediates a lot but it requires a lot of learning and jhana.
If one had a good novice and a good teacher, under perfect conditions, then i think it is maybe possible to train some person in this way.
However in practise when one gets to little to no sleep stages then one will often skip a night altogether or find oneself too restless to sleep at a particular time.
Even Buddha's novices didn't do this and monks were advised to sleep in the 2nd watch of the night.
Therefore i don't think one can find a place where novices sleep only an hour a day lest they are forced to do it.
Forcing one is abuse and isn't even useful for meditation. I imagine many places are abusive.
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You're assuming they are meditating and not actually sleeping for some of those 23 hours. ;-)
When we do a sesshin, we'll sit somewhere in the area of 16 hours a day. Let me tell you, even with 5 hours of scheduled sleep, as a novice you'll end up dozing off on the cushion for at least an hour if not more. Another four hours or so will be spent in a half sleep state. You get your rest, one way or the other. The body takes what it needs. And of course, do this long enough and you even start to get pretty good at sleeping sitting up!
But a funny thing happens after about three days of this. Even beginners start to feel energized and need less sleep overall. People who have been practicing for, say, ten years or more stop needing sleep altogether. In fact, you are so energized, sleep just doesn't come.
Don't get me wrong, 23 hours sounds a bit excessive, but it's not so far outside the realm of possibility as it might sound - even for a motivated beginner.
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