“A monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind” Shoukei Matsumoto (2011) Review | Monks’ main job, cleaning


A monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind
Shoukei Matsumoto, 2011
お坊さんが教えるこころが整う掃除の本
松本圭介

Japan
Read in 2026.01
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✔ Teaching from Zen monk
✔ Cleaning methods
✔ Spirituality and cleaning


🔽 Review summary 🔽

★★★★☆ A post-religion-monk. What is his secret? Cleaning. When we think about Buddhist monks, we always think about them cleaning the garden - well, because they are always cleaning.


🔽 Book review and notes 🔽

I listen to his podcast all the time so reading this was like, ah finally.
He studied Philosophy in Uni of Tokyo, and got MBA in India - he's undeniably smart, sharp and as he says is a post-religion monk.
What is his secret?
When we think about a Buddhist monk, we always think about them cleaning the garden - well, we're not wrong, they are always cleaning.
And his secret is cleaning.

This book, though he reflects on the spirituality and Buddhism often, is about the actual cleaning.
There are many things non-Japanese houses don't have, but he goes through all the main rooms and outdoor space, one by one.

If your room is clean, so are your heart and mind, no doubt.
We all know that but cleaning is, at least for me, not easy at all.
Maybe I should start wiping surfaces more often and generally speaking have less things around. A start.



🔽 Where to buy / Summary and more info 🔽

●●● Amazon.com (US) ●●●

A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind


●●● Amazon.co.uk (UK) ●●●
A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind

●●● Amazon.it (Italy) ●●●
Manuale di pulizie di un monaco buddhista. Spazziamo via la polvere e le nubi dell'anima (italiano)

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