I’m a lay practitioner but do everything I can to treat my life as a monastic practice. In this respect, doing dishes is as important and essential to my life as making art. They are one in the same.
PRACTICE
A wise master once said, “Set up your life so you can sit well”. This means, for a student of Zen, (and I think everyone), your meditation practice and mindfulness practice should be of primary importance in your life.
Mindful walking or the practice of kinhin (walking meditation) takes place after a round of seated meditation ends, before the next round of sitting practice.
