禅Dōgen

proverb

Instructions to the Cook

Tenzo Kyokun

Kamakura

Traditionally attributed

Text

When you wash the rice, do not separate the work from yourself. Do not separate yourself from the work. Cook with great mind, parental mind, joyful mind. The meal is the dharma; you are the menu.

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Dōgen

From Tenzo Kyokun

Sources

  • contentEihei Dogen: Mystical Realist

    Hee-Jin Kim

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