Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Brain by Shoukei Matsumoto, go through by Adam Sims.

We remove dirt to sweep away our worldly desires. We scrub dirt to free of charge ourselves of attachments. We live merely and remember to contemplate the self, mindfully living each minute. It’s not just monks that need to live this way. Everyone in the current busy globe today needs it.

The Zen sect of Buddhism is renowned for the cleanliness of its monks, but cleaning is greatly valued in Japanese Buddhism generally in an effort to cultivate your brain. In this publication, I introduce everyday cleaning strategies typically used in temples, while writing what it’s prefer to be considered a monk in teaching.

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

Audio updated as of February 2018.