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The one element that connects the Three Mandas of Silence is water.
This is why we monks pour ourselves heart and soul into the polishing of floors. Cleaning is training for staying in the now.
If you use an object for as long as you can carefully, repairing it when necessary, you will find that not only your relationship with objects begins to change, but so will the way you relate to people.
People who endlessly chase after new things have lost their freedom to earthly desire. Only those who can enjoy using their imaginations when working with limited resources know true freedom.
A room filled with so many things that they can no longer be organized is proof of a clouded heart. The growth of mould in a room coincides with the growth of mould in the heart.
