Buddha Jewel cleans local street

Though it was a little bit chilly and windy, Jiandu Shifu led eight volunteers from Buddha Jewel Monastery to do street cleaning last Sunday afternoon. Holding the tongs and garbage bags, also with a cart, they walked along the Rainier Ave S to pick up paper, cigarette butts, beer bottles, and all sorts of garbage.

As the sutra says, “when our minds are pure, our land is pure.” This monthly street cleaning activity aims not only to serve and care for the local community, but also through picking up garbage we reflect on and purify our own minds.

Many shop owners and passersby appreciated what volunteers had done. At the end of this 1.5 hours street cleaning event, five full garbage bags were collected.

儘管風強天冷，八名來自佛寶寺的義工在法師帶領下，在周日下午清掃精舍所在的 Rainier S 大街。每個人身穿佛寶寺背心t-shirt，手拿鉗子及垃圾袋，專注的撿拾起路旁的垃圾。

經云：「心淨國土淨」。這個每月一次的街道清潔活動，不只是回饋社區、關懷地球的環保活動，同時也是藉由撿拾外在垃圾，進而反思要除去心中的垢染，以達「外除穢物，內除心垢」的目的。

許多過往路人及商家對於精舍的街道清潔服務表示感謝。在一個半小時的活動結束時，共撿拾了五大袋的垃圾，成績斐然。