這個七月，達味修士要在Tassajara負責清洗碗碟。臨離開前，他重新教導學生，並定下新的洗碗模式。他在西紐約救主山的修院中提出了不少新的建議，由「要碗碟光亮，先在水裡放下少許醋」到「貓兒愛刹杯中剩餘的奶」至「我們應靜聽洗擦時的水聲，以及碗碟互相碰撞的聲音。這些聲音告訴我們，幾時人討厭洗擦碗碟時，他們可嘗試欣賞觸摸不同品質的碗、鍋、杯子及每一樣物件用心的感覺以及提放時所感受到的重量，與及它們所發出的味道和聲音。聖本篤，西方隱修士的中保，曾經說過，對待修院中的每件器皿，都應像對待祭台上的聖器一樣」。

 

原文載於1968的 Wind Bell (Publication of San Francisco Zen Center: Vol. VII, Nos. 3-4, Fall 1968, p.17)


Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
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