# How do buddhists wake up?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-buddhists-wake-up/414339>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-buddhists-wake-up/414339 "2007-08-03T21:26:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-buddhists-wake-up/414339/21 "2007-08-05T04:31:52Z")

</div>

I think you’re looking at the situation wrong. You are thinking “How do you wake up on time?”, when the real issue is “Why should there be a time you have to wake ?”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-buddhists-wake-up/414339/22 "2007-08-05T10:21:28Z")

</div>

I don’t know where I got this from – I’m not a Buddhist. I did take an interest in the religion at one point in my life though, and I recall stumbling upon a quote from a monk (the Dalai Lama?) about daily routine. The suggestion was that a Buddhist should arise quickly in the morning and strive not to be regretful for leaving the coziness of sleep, and a Buddhist should meditate first thing, to prepare the mind for the coming day.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-buddhists-wake-up/414339.md?page=1)