Uddhaccakukkuca — Restlessness and Worry

This is part 6 of a course going through the similes and metaphors of the Buddha. Course home 1: Introduction to Imagery in the EBTs2: Taṇhā — Craving3: Rāga — Passion4: Vyāpāda — Hatred and Aversion5: Thīnamiddha — Sloth and Torpor6: Uddhaccakukkuca — Restlessness and Worry7: Vicikicchā — Doubt8: Vedanā — Feelings9: Vedanānupassanā — Investigating Feelings10: Sukha — Happiness11: Upekkhā — Equanimity12: Yathābhūtañāṇadassana — Knowledge and Vision of the Way Things Are13: Vimutti — Liberation14: Upādāna – Grasping15: Sakkāyadiṭṭhi - Self View16: Sammādiṭṭhi - Right View17: Saṅkhāra — Activity18: Vitakka — Thought19: Yoniso Manasikāra — Wise Attention20: Vipassanā — Insight21: Samatha & Vipassanā — Tranquility & Insight22: Samādhi — Immersion23: Viveka — Seclusion24: Vossagga — Letting Go25: Suññatā — Emptiness26: Conclusion

Illustration by Ayya Vimalayani aka "Ven Yodha"

An energetic person will tend to use all of their energy chasing endless, worldly goals. Like the lazy person, they too are left with no time or energy for their spiritual practice.

Textbook

Read Chapter 5 of:

From Craving to Liberation: Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses Volume 1 – Bhikkhu Anālayo (.pdf)

Suttas

MN 23: The Ant-Hill

MN 39: Mahā Assapura Sutta (The Greater Discourse at Assapura) (.pdf)

Similes

Read Hecker similes numbered: 47, 53, 55 and 56.

Reflections

How does irony itself help us to escape restlessness?

Continue to Part 7, Vicikicchā — Doubt

...or go back to part 5