Winnie's Whereabouts

Zen Lunch & a slice of cucumber

Tis i found to be most astonishing - to wash e dishes w just a cucumber slice & 1/2bowl hotwater.

i turned up at e retreat, totally new. Got a briefing & proceeded on to a few meals, using e same set of eating containers. Now i read, it is called Or-yo-ki.

The meal also includes a series of knocking, tinkling, hand-rubbing, palms together, bowing.
At cleaning of bowls , the hotwater is passed around saucer-bowl, all e while using cucumber as to wipe/'scrub'. Finally, part of liquid is drained while cucumber & rest of remaining liquid is drunk. The items r dried, & repositioned into e big white cloth, once zen-master gives the signal, it knotted back into place & ready for next meal.

Efficient, focused & earth(environment) conscious! a bit "unhygenic" though ^ ;) , imho.

==Trip statistics==
June-05
Location: Zen centre, Pengerang
Activity : zen retreat (2/7days)
Total expenditure : $50 + $8 + rm20 = S$68

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posted by cloudz1 @ 12:37 AM