I'm interested in the monk's room! Are there any monks who don't like cleaning?

I haven't been good at tidying up or cleaning since I was a kid.
But I'm making an effort little by little, and I'm maintaining the same level of cleanliness as everyone else.
(Clothes were also reduced to about 40 pieces, and tableware and cups were reduced to about 40 when two people lived together)
I think the decluttering boom has also motivated me.
Even so, I'm still lazy...

Then I suddenly had a question.
The temple I go to is very clean and well-cleaned.
After all, the rooms that monks use in their private lives are also clean with few things?
I'm really interested in the room where the monk lives.
Is it as clean as a temple?
Don't worry about decluttering, aren't there any monks decorating the Gundam model or Western liquor in the collection?
I'd also like to listen to the story of a monk who is not good at cleaning but fell in love with it as he practiced ascetic practices.

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It's pretty difficult

I read it. I'm also in the generation that is passionate about plastic models for Gundam. After that, I was addicted to motorbikes, became addicted to surfing, and just worked part-time and bought it.
And I was addicted to collecting Star Wars figures.
I lived alone, so when people saw it, it was a pile of trash.
I finally came back to the temple after I left the company, and when I moved, I completely abandoned it. I wasn't very good at cleaning, so my wife told me to make up my mind and throw it away, but it's still sad when I think about it.

It's hard to lose your obsession.
Recently, I've been devoting myself to weeding and cleaning the temple grounds.
Keep your body and mind clean by cleaning.
Let's do our best together. Gassho

Yes..

I try to keep Otera as clean as possible, but...

I have 4 kids...

The two below are preschool kids, so they are in a mess...

I don't even have a room...

It's a disappointing story...

When traveling for a year, the space given is one tatami mat
There's just a small desk there, so inevitably I have no choice but to clean it up.

From morning to night, other than sutras and study time, it's basically called work, and I'm busy cleaning.

It's also a big head temple, so the range and scale are large, and cleaning will be better.

There is a Buddha's disciple called Shri Handuk.

It seems that this person achieved a state of enlightenment by cleaning.

I hate cleaning.

　I also can't clean up my surroundings. I didn't like being on duty to clean up the smoking area, so much so that I prioritized quitting smoking. When it comes to books only, there are too many of them if you don't put them on the bookshelf, so I put them away.

When it comes to cleaning a temple, keeping it clean will lead to the part where the number of people coming will increase, so I do it once in a while, but it's completely impossible when it comes to my own room. I don't like throwing things away, so books and the like keep piling up.

Like “The Magic of a Crush,” if you don't get excited, it may be thrown away, but will there come a time when you won't be thrilled with the book you bought because you wanted to read it...
I myself would like someone else to help me (laughs)

Cleaning is tedious, isn't it?

Like the precincts and main hall,
Since priority is given to cleaning places where people enter and leave,
Private rooms tend to be put on the back burner.
Also, so that garbage disposal is even a little easier,
I'm using a paper pack vacuum cleaner, not Dyson.
Things get messy as soon as there are small children, so
I often leave it as it is.
But I'm careful not to let there be any dust.

There are also temples that use many Roomba units.

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