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How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment Paperback – Illustrated, November 8, 2005
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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.
- Print length136 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherShambhala
- Publication dateNovember 8, 2005
- Dimensions6 x 0.42 x 9 inches
- ISBN-109781590302910
- ISBN-13978-1590302910
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"I am glad to see Uchiyama Roshi's classic commentary to Instructions for the Zen Cook back in print. Dogen's original text (here in Thomas Wright's lucid translation) is particularly applicable to everyday spirituality in the world, and Roshi's commentary, full of gritty, funny stories about his early days as a monk in pre- and post-war Japan, and charming tales from Buddhist and Japanese folklore, evidence a plain-speaking, shoot-from-the hip approach to Zen that is as refreshing now (possibly more so!) as it was when the book first came out. Zen masters of this full-bodied tasty vintage are hard to find these days!"—Zoketsu Norman Fischer, former abbot, San Francisco Zen Center; founder and teacher, Everyday Zen Foundation; author of Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up
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- 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
- Best Sellers Rank: #516,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #370 in Zen Philosophy (Books)
- #446 in Buddhist Rituals & Practice (Books)
- #480 in Zen Spirituality
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At one level this text serves as just what it says, practical instructions for a tenzo, a Zen cook. At another level this is a wonderful metaphor for life, which Uchiyama flushes out with great clarity and depth. Without a doubt, for someone who is open to it, this is a life changing text.
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Dogen Zenji's audience when he wrote "Instructions For the Zen Cook" were monks; so he assumes the reader knows the basics of practicing zazen. Uchiyama Roshi uses Dogen's work as a springboard to comment on subjects like dealing with thoughts, fantasies and other important issues that arise during zazen and life.
This book is a very good guide in living Zen and how to not turn one's life into an improvement project.
I rank this book with Shunryu Suzuki's "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind." I will refer back to it often to keep my practice natural.
Highly recommended for both beginner and long time Zen practioners.