"[6] Sakyong Mipham explains: There are three types of laziness: Forgetting the instructions (avavādasammosa) means a lack of mindfulness on how to do meditation properly.
"[9] The Sanskrit term laya is translated as: Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche states: "In stupor the mind is cloudy and dull.
[web 1] Kenchen Thrangu states that non-application "occurs when dullness or agitation appear in one's meditation and one recognizes these thoughts, but doesn't apply a remedy.
[web 1] Kenchen Thrangu explains:[9] The eight antidotes (Sanskrit: pratipakṣa; Tibetan: gnyen-po) or applications (Sanskrit: abhisamskāra; Tibetan: ’du-byed pa) to the five faults of meditation are:[3][5] The four antidotes to laziness are belief (śraddhā), aspiration (chanda), effort (vyayama), and suppleness (praśrabdhi).
[11] Traleg Kyabgon states: "Conviction can develop only if we are convinced of the benefits of meditation and the harm that conflicting emotions cause in a distracted confused mind.
The Sanskrit term chanda is translated as: Sakyong Mipham states:[13] Kenchen Thrangu explains:[14] Effort (vyayama) is one of four antidotes to laziness.
The Sanskrit term praśrabdhi is translated as: Kenchen Thrangu states:[15] The antidote to forgetting the instructions is mindfulness (smṛti).