Brian Johnson explains Genpo Roshi's idea that spirituality isn't confined to temples or meditation cushions. Real practice happens in traffic, at work, in how you treat people daily. Your father yelling at slow drivers is a better measure of your spiritual growth than counting meditation minutes.
Hi, this is Brian with another mini chapter from A Philosopher's Notes. This one's called this Temple has no Walls. The Genpo Roshi has a great line about the fact that we need to tear down the temple walls and see the whole world as our monastery or church or synagogue, yoga studio, dojo, meditation center, philosophy class, whatever. As we see every moment as another opportunity to practice our spirituality. I love that. And for whatever reason, whenever I think of this idea, I remember my dad, God bless you Popsicle, yelling at slow drivers on the way out of our church's parking lot. Even as a kid, that always struck me as odd. These days, it's becoming more and more clear to me just how easy it is to check the check me out I'm spiritual box by showing up for a required number of yoga classes or sitting for a required number of meditation minutes, going to our weekly holy day service in. Insert your spiritual activity here and then being a total butt head the rest of the week. Huh? Makes no sense. Here's to tearing down the temple walls and seeing our entire lives as the practice. There you go. This temple has no walls. Hope you enjoyed and look forward to sharing more with you soon. Have another awesome day. See ya.
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