Mindful Chores: Washing The Dishes

Everyday chores offer endless opportunities to cultivate presence and a sense of calm. Activities that we ordinarily do on autopilot, lost in planning, worrying, or remembering can be reclaimed through mindfulness practice. The Buddhist monk Suddhipanthaka was said to have achieved full enlightenment while sweeping, realizing that he should clean his mind of attachments as he cleaned his floor of dirt. This can also help folks struggling to make mindfulness a daily task.

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Happiest dishwashing ever because I was also recognizing how much I value order.

Practical reminder to bring mindfulness into all that we do. Thank you.

Excellent way to get dishes done! Feel so peaceful now.