洒水文 (Shasui-mon) is a verse recited during Zen Buddhist rituals while sprinkling "water of wisdom" from a ritual vessel to sanctify the space. It serves to purify the environment and transform all forms of suffering into lotus flowers. While commonly regarded as "a ritual to purify a space with the Buddha’s water of wisdom," this dictionary defines it as "not merely a ritual for the physical purification or sacralization of space, but an active practice of actualization, in which the practitioner permeates their daily, chaotic environment with the 'power of wisdom'—cultivated through daily Zazen and the keeping of precepts—thereby transforming that space into a dojo where the Buddha dwells."
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Q: Why is it possible to apply the ritual of shasui (sprinkling water) to our daily lives?
A: Because in Zen, a dojo is not limited to specific buildings or temples. As the verse "the flames transform into red lotus flowers" suggests, the chaotic spaces where we spend our daily lives can, depending on the state of our mind and body, become sacred spaces where the Buddha's teachings are realized. Shasui is not merely a tool to "cleanse" a physical space; it is a ritual of breaking through boundaries, intended to awaken the practitioner as an active participant in the Buddha Way within that very space.
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