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This modern-day commentary on Dogen’s Instructions for a Zen Cook reveals how everyday activities—like cooking—can be incorporated into our spiritual practice
In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen—perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosophers, and the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect—wrote a practical manual of Instructions for the Zen Cook. In drawing parallels between preparing meals for the Zen monastery and spiritual training, he reveals far more than simply the rules and manners of the Zen kitchen; he teaches us how to “cook,” or refine our lives.
In this volume Kosho Uchiyama Roshi undertakes the task of elucidating Dogen’s text for the benefit of modern-day readers of Zen. Taken together, his translation and commentary truly constitute a “cookbook for life,” one that shows us how to live with an unbiased mind in the midst of our workaday world.
ASIN : 1590302915
Publisher : Shambhala; Illustrated edition (November 8, 2005)
Language : English
Paperback : 136 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781590302910
ISBN-13 : 978-1590302910
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 0.42 x 9 inches
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Customers find the book easy to read and enjoyable. They find it inspiring and insightful, helping them appreciate life. The writing is clear and lucid, with notes on nearly every page.
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