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The Story of Lam Chung

 

 

There was a Buddhist practitioner, Lam-Chung, who joined the monastery with his brother to study the Dharma. Unlike his brother, a star student, Lam-Chung quickly discovered that he had little aptitude for study, and he became very discouraged.

The abbot very kindly gave Lam-Chung the task of keeping the monastery grounds swept. Every day, working with his broom, Lam-Chung thought to himself, "Abolish the dirt, abandon the stain," and soon began to think of abolishing the stains of negative karma in his mindstream. His daily sweeping became a daily purification practice. In this way, he became enlightened in a single lifetime.