Hand wash cold
Subtitle: care instructions for an ordinary life
By: Karen Maezen Miller
Publisher: MJF Books/Fine Communications; MJF
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781606711163
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Religious life; Buddhism; Women; Conduct of life; Femmes; Vie religieuse; Morale pratique
Description: Miller uses daily household chores, laundry, kitchen, yard, to demonstrate timeless Buddhist principles. The skillful weaving of personal anecdotes, a few Zen terms, and acute insights sometimes addressing the reader directly, distinguish this book from others in the genre. Miller, a Zen priest and student of the late Maezumi Roshi, argues for the faultless wisdom of following instructions when going about the mundane activities that form the substance of everyday life.
Notes: Originally published: Novato, Calif. : New World Library, 2010.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Care instructions; title: The laundry: to study the Way is to study oneself. Full basket: a life as told by laundry ; Handle with care: some shrinkage will occur ; Lights and darks: no whiter whites or brighter colors ; Toughest stains: getting out the traces of self ; Final rinse: wringing out what's left behind ; Spin cycle: changing the ending ; Hand wash cold: waking up to what it takes; title: The kitchen: to study oneself is to forget oneself. Full sink: who made this mess? ; Broken glass: cracking the illusion of security ; Sanitize option: what children do not require ; Scrape or rinse: marriage on a plate ; Stacking up: and nothing to show for it ; The good dishes: the life we're saving for ; Ordinary life: love the world you wake up to; title: The yard: to forget oneself is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things. Full house: no inside, no outside ; The sun: attention is love ; At hand: all the time in the world ; What dogs do: when an object no longer offends ; The hardest gone: the altar of impermanence ; A better place: taking the bus back home ; Making peace: knowing when to quit; title: Airing dirty laundry.