Executive Summary: Merit of Sweeping and Cleaning Temple Restrooms
A case study from the Dream in Dream Kindergarten revealing the colossal merit of obliterating ego. Voluntarily scrubbing temple restrooms completely eradicates physical diseases, guarantees flawlessly radiant skin, and ensures the donor is deeply loved and universally respected in all lifetimes.
1. Scrubbing Away Ego and Defilements
During his lifetime, this man was deeply humble and passionately loved performing the merits that others often avoided. Whenever he visited the temple, he would head straight for the “Public Restrooms.” Grabbing a brush and strong cleaners, he would intensely scrub the soiled toilets, floors, and walls until the foul odors were entirely replaced by a fresh, clean scent, ensuring monks and merit-makers could use the facilities comfortably. Voluntarily lowering one’s ego (Ditthi-Mana) to clean the absolute lowest and most soiled areas is the most powerful, direct method of physically scrubbing away one’s own “spiritual arrogance and defilements.”
2. The Blessings of Cleaning Temple Restrooms
- Flawlessly Radiant Skin and Fragrant Aura: When reborn as a human, the merit of obliterating filth and foul odors directly transforms his physical body. He will be born with flawlessly smooth, highly radiant, and luminous skin, entirely free of acne, blemishes, or scars. Miraculously, his natural body odor and breath will be inherently fragrant and deeply pleasant.
- Total Eradication of Diseases: Scrubbing away bacteria and filth in a sacred zone crystallizes into an impenetrable “Biological Shield.” He will possess a remarkably robust immune system. Severe viruses, chronic illnesses, and devastating plagues will be completely unable to penetrate his body or cause him harm.
- Universally Loved and Spiritually Awakened: The merit of crushing his own ego ensures he is born with a deeply warm, incredibly humble, and highly magnetic personality. Wherever he goes, he will be instantly loved, favored, and highly respected by everyone. When he meditates, his mind—entirely stripped of arrogant resistance—will effortlessly drop into absolute stillness, allowing him to attain the radiant inner Dhammakaya with extreme ease.
3. Luang Por’s Teaching
Luang Por Dhammajayo teaches that cleaning temple restrooms is an elite-level merit specifically designed to “obliterate the ego.” The dirtier the restroom and the more pristine you make it, the more intensely your own internal defilements are washed away. The karmic return on this is incredibly fast. Anyone who feels socially rejected, suffers from dull/blemished skin, or is constantly plagued by illnesses should immediately and joyfully volunteer to scrub temple restrooms. This specific merit violently flushes away dark karma and bad luck, miraculously restoring radiance, health, and universal admiration to one’s life.
