Executive Summary: Merit of Volunteering to Clean Temple Toilets
A case study from the Dream in Dream Kindergarten revealing the ultimate merit for cleansing the soul’s impurities. Swallowing one’s disgust to clean temple toilets is a massive merit that miraculously washes away heavy karmic debts and clears all obstacles in life.
1. The Cleanser of the World’s Grime
During his lifetime, this man possessed profound humility and a fierce dedication to accumulating spiritual perfection. Whenever he visited the temple, he never sought easy or glamorous tasks. Instead, he marched straight to the temple restrooms, actively scrubbing the dirty, foul-smelling toilets, floors, and walls until they were spotless and fragrant, ensuring the monks and congregation could use them comfortably. Lowering one’s ego and overcoming disgust to serve the public is an incredibly powerful method for eradicating internal defilements.
2. The Blessings of Cleaning Temple Restrooms
- Flawless Complexion and No Body Odor: When reborn as a human, this merit ensures he is born with impeccably clean, smooth, and radiant skin, entirely free of acne or blemishes. Most remarkably, he will have absolutely no offensive body or breath odor; instead, his body will emit a naturally faint, pleasant fragrance.
- Washing Away Karmic Debts and Life Obstacles: The merit generated from washing away physical filth directly acts to “wash away” the heavy residual karma from past mistakes. Any life obstacles, severe legal disputes, or chronic financial blockages will dissolve and clear away with astonishing ease and speed.
- Universally Loved and Respected: Obliterating his ego in the past magnetically ensures he becomes someone everyone desires to associate with. He will be deeply loved by both humans and deities. Wherever he goes, he will be honored and elevated, never facing degradation or insult from anyone.
3. Luang Por’s Teaching
Luang Por Dhammajayo teaches that scrubbing a temple toilet is literally scrubbing away the defilements, arrogance, and stubborn ego (Ditthi Mana) within our own minds. The cleaner the toilet becomes, the brighter and clearer our mind shines. This is a highly specialized merit that aggressively dilutes heavy karmic debts, opening the floodgates for other merits to effortlessly flow into our lives. Anyone who wishes to obliterate life obstacles and rapidly attain the inner Dhammakaya should actively seek the opportunity to joyfully clean temple restrooms.
