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Tenzo kyōkun (Instructions for the Cook) — Dōgen

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Tenzo kyōkun (Instructions for the Cook)

典座教訓

Dōgen contemplando la luna (Tsukimi no zō)
byDōgen

Instructions for the monk in charge of the kitchen, an office Dōgen considered among the highest in the monastery. It explains how to plan, wash rice or handle ingredients with the same care as one's eyes, and includes the account of his encounters in China with two old cooks. It ends with the "three minds": joyful, nurturing and magnanimous.

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Authorship note

Written by Dōgen in Chinese at Kōshō-ji in 1237; part of the Eihei shingi.

Editions and translations

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English

  • Refining Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment — Dōgen

    Refining Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment

    Weatherhill, 1983

    Translation: Thomas Wright (con comentario de Kōshō Uchiyama)

    ISBN 9780834801790

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Sources

  • Uchiyama, Kōshō; Wright, Thomas (trad.). Refining Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment (incluye la traducción del Tenzo kyōkun). Nueva York / Tokio: Weatherhill, 1983. ISBN 9780834801790.

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