Istruzioni a un cuoco zen. Ovvero come ottenere l'illuminazione in cucina

"Instructions for the Zen Cook" is probably Dogen's most famous writing: it's a rather short text that was meant to be exactly what the title implies, a set of instructions for the cook of a Zen temple. That position was actually very important in a temple's administration, and Dogen believed it ent Leggi tutto

I can think of very few activities that exemplify the spirit of zen as well as cooking. It's a task so simple and yet so full of meaning. I came to this book hoping for thoughts and insight regarding the zen of cooking, but unfortunately my expectations were a bit off target. This book was written b Leggi tutto

"O Tenzo kyokun exprime assim um dos pontos fundamentais do ensinamento de Mestre Dogen: trabalhar na cozinha, ler os sutras, praticar zazen no dojo são a mesma coisa, trata-se fundamentalmente da expressão do Dharma."

"We need to learn what it means to emerge from a life which is confused, incomplete,and carelessly haphazard, a life based on compromise, on always fooling ourselves and others about who we are, about how we live; we need to learn what it means to settle naturally into our lives." A 13th century Budd Leggi tutto

There are people in this world who believe that spiritual practice involves working and working and working, or suffering and suffering and suffering (or—on the other hand—not working at all) until you have an earth-shattering experience and are a new person, never having any doubts or problems agai Leggi tutto

6/5 Своевременная книга. Подход Догэна сильно перекликается со стоицизмом (словно Марк Аврелий отправил свои Медитации в бутылке, которая через десяток веков прибилась к берегам Японии, и Догэн случайно знал латынь). Главная мысль книги, что нужно всю свою жизненную энергию сфокусировано направлять н Leggi tutto

This book is a true delicacy. Based on the 13th century writings of Zen Master Dogen with more modern commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (who lived through World War II), this book uses cooking instructions for "tenzos" – monks responsible for monastery meals – as metaphors for life. (Fun fact: I re Leggi tutto

''De taken van de kok gedurende een volledig etmaal zijn als volgt.'' Na het lezen van deze zin en de daaropvolgende passages van Dogens Tenzo Kyōkun, stond ik niet meer hetzelfde in de keuken. Vanaf dat moment kookte ik met meer plezier en aandacht. ''Als je rijst wast, groenten bereidt, et cetera, Leggi tutto

Dōgen generally and this work specifically have been continuously referenced in my reading recently, and after finishing this book I can certainly start to see why. Uchiyama’s fourteen chapters of commentary are interesting and accessible, but Dōgen’s original work, only 19 pages long, is the real s Leggi tutto

Jet engines roar. Air conditioners hum. Waving band of sunlight Opens the mind to embrace The ten thousand things. Can a manual for the monastery cook (Tenzo) illuminate the whole path, truth and delusion, practice/enlightenment. Absolutely! "Everything you encounter is your life". Nothing other than was Leggi tutto