An Oryoki Lunch at October 2026 Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. This luncheon meal served at our recent retreat uses all four bowls. It also includes a food offering for the local spirits and land deities (not...
Don’t miss the repeat of last year’s Tathagata Zen Meditation held at Holy Heavenly Lake in Buddhisttown in Hesperia, California. Zen Meditation Mandala-2025. Holy Heavenly Lake, Buddhisttown, Hesperia...
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...
Shakyamuni Buddha Hall. This Hua Zang Si video documents the good works their nuns and laypeople do every year to give to their San Francisco community–helping feed the hungry through the San Francisco-Marin Food...
Lamb Salad with Tzatziki Dressing. This is another recipe that features the Mediterranean Diet complete with a typical Greek sauce serving as the dressing. The following recipe is for one serving, but you can easily...
This time I am not offering any new recipe, just a new seasoning that I think some of you might enjoy. It is from Trader Joe’s and it is wonderful on just about everything. I just tried it–quite a lot of...
Pickled sweet jalapeno pepper with onions and carrots. This was the closest I have been able to get to the delicious strips of sweet jalapeño pepper, the local Yosemite Falls Restaurant has in my favorite south-western...
Breakfast Omelet Salad. This is my invention to salvage a disastrous burrito or wrap version that used basically the same ingredients. If you can manage this rolled up in lettuce leaves, do it. I can’t. I really like...
Cold Japanese Tofu Salad. This salad is excellent served cold on a hot summer day. It is best served quite cold. You could even serve the tofu on crushed ice and have the condiments served separately. 2 pounds firm or...