"Zen Toilet

We tend to think of the divine spirit in terms of radiance, but it encompasses all things, including the polluted, filthy, and vile.

Yes, zen can be found even in the toilet.

A monk once asked the zen master Ummon, "What is Buddha?"

The reply came, "A shit stick!"

The monk was shocked by the master's vulgarity. But Ummon's message was that all things speak of God, even soiled toilet paper. We may think of bodily waste as dirty, and yet it feeds the ground as fertilizer.

Another zen story tells of a student who asked his master, "Please show me zen."

The master said, "I have to go relieve myself."

Upon returning, the master said, "Zen is like going to the bathroom. I cannot go for you. You have to go for yourself."

Rich or poor, famous or anonymous: We all have to go. When nature calls, listen to Nature."

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