Author: Shoukei Matsumoto

Paperback: 144 pages

Publisher: Penguin (4 Jan. 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 184614969X

ISBN-13: 978-1846149696

Product Dimensions: 12 x 1 x 18 cm

廣受世界矚目，西班牙、義大利、德國、中國、韓國……各界熱烈迴響！ 

日本人氣僧侶親自傳授──潔淨空間、超脱煩惱、淨化心靈的小僧掃除術！ 

掃除不僅讓空間變得整潔，藉由拂拭塵埃，就能帶走煩惱；除去髒污，便能掃落執着。每天都是讓心「擺脱糾結」的好日子！ 

打掃這件事，不是等看見污垢才去清理，而是要成為一種生活習慣！髒污累積久了，就會變得難以刷除，同樣地，心上的污垢若是放久了，處理起來也特別困難。對忙碌的現代人來説，要讓外在環境清爽乾淨，同時還能淨化心靈，又好又簡單的方法，就是「掃除」了！ 

在禪宗傳統裏，掃除就是一種重要的修行，僧侶的一天，都是從打掃開始。跟着日本僧侶學習日常的掃除方法，以身體的勞動對應到心靈的淨化，只要平日做好家事，無形間就能砥礪心靈，隨時保持神清氣爽，擁有一顆乾淨美麗的心，找回愉悦的自己。

Cleanliness is next to enlightenment. The Japanese bestseller explains traditional techniques that help cleanse not only your house - but your soul.

We remove dust to sweep away our worldly desires. We scrub dirt to free ourselves of attachments. We live simply and take time to contemplate the self, mindfully living each moment. It's not just monks that need to live this way. Everyone in today's busy world today needs it.

The Zen sect of Buddhism is renowned for the cleanliness of its monks, but cleaning is greatly valued in Japanese Buddhism in general as a way to cultivate the mind. In this book, I introduce everyday cleaning methods typically employed in temples, while sharing what it's like to be a monk in training.

This book will improve the condition not just of your own mind, but also the people around you. I hope readers will discover that cleanliness is an opportunity to contemplate oneself.

Shoukei Matsumoto is a Buddhist monk at the Komyoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan. Since entering the Temple in 2003, his days begin with cleaning. Cleaning is greatly valued in Japanese Buddhism as a way to cultivate the mind. In this book, a bestseller in Japan and Europe, Shoukei Matsumoto offers up the cleaning practices of Buddhist monks, to help us all live simply and mindfully in each moment.