“If the six tastes are not suitable and if the food lacks the three virtues, the tenzo’s offering to the assembly is not complete.”
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), Teno Kyokun (How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment)
“If the six tastes are not suitable and if the food lacks the three virtues, the tenzo’s offering to the assembly is not complete.”
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), Teno Kyokun (How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment)
We continued Dorje Pamu’s G36-Dharma that Every Buddhist Must Follow on September 19 finishing a discussion of Lesson Seven, “Twenty Types of Futility” with a discussion of the last of the futilities. This...
An Oryoki Lunch at October 2026 Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. This meal has a Native American theme with a Wild Rice and Hazelnut Salad with Citrus Dressing; a Pozole, Tofu, and Poblano Pepper Soup; Avocado...
Lunch at April 2026 Meditation Retreat. I have always thought the simple Oryoki-style of serving meals that I had encountered in both Zen temples where I stayed and did meditation retreats in Japan as well as their...
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