今次在覺修冬安居禪修十天，工作禪的工作是洗廁所。原本第四天請了"假"去參加朋友的婚禮然後再回來，但最後決定放棄參加婚禮而繼續禪修。 那天工作禪時，我一如以往在洗擦地板。可能工作禪的時間跟朋友婚禮舉行的時間很接近，我想起我的朋友，又或我的心連繫了她，突然內心在問什麼是愛。這時腦海出現彈灰在佛身一書的故事：有一次，一位美國禪子問崇山禪師什麼是愛。禪師答他:「你問我，我問你... 這就是愛。」我在想，洗廁所也是愛。你用廁所，我洗廁所；我用廁所，你洗廁所，這就是愛！ 哈哈哈... ... 我會心微笑， 然後繼續洗擦地板。
My "job" in the work period during the 10-day winter kyol che at Gaksu was cleaning the washroom. On the fourth day, I supposed to leave the temple for a day and attend my friend's wedding. However, I decided to continue the kyol che finally.
At the work period that day, I brushed the floor as usual. The time of the work period was very close to my friend's wedding ceremony. A question suddenly came to my mind - "What is love?". Perhaps, I was thinking of my friend or my mind connected with her. Then, the story I read from "Dropping Ashes on the Buddha" came up: Once, a zen student in the US asked Zen Master Seung Sahn "What is love?". Zen Master Seung Sahn told him "You ask me, I ask you... this is love." I thought cleaning the washroom is also love. You use the washroom, and I clean the washroom; I use the washroom, and you clean the washroom. This is love! Hahaha... I was laughing in my heart. After that, I continued to brush the floor happily.
慧元 Monica
