A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
Food

Potato Salad with Lovage and Lox

Potato Salad with Lovage and Lox. Another lovage recipe that turned out very well. The original was made with bacon, but it is very good with lox. You can leave out the lox for a vegan version, but I would add a drop or...

June 4, 2021
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Mushroom, Lovage, and Wild Rice Soup

Just made this wonderful soup with the lovage I now have growing inside. I had the lovage in a pot on my patio, but the 107 degree heat caused it to wilt so badly, I needed to harvest the limp leaves and bring the rest...

June 4, 2021
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Photo of Venerable Vimalakirti debating Manjushri Bodhisattva. Tang Dynasty painting from the Dunhuang Caves
Buddha-dharma

The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

Translated and edited from the Chinese (Kumarajiva ed. T.475) by Charles Luk (Lu K’uan Yi) in 1972. CHAPTER ONE: THE BUDDHA LAND Thus have I heard, once upon a time the Buddha sojourned in the Amra park at Vaisali...

June 1, 2021
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Memorial Day Retreat

Oryoki breakast during Memorial Day Retreat 2021. The retreat was held under COVID rules requiring masks except for meals and social distancing, but we managed to cover all of Part One which just explained each word in...

May 25, 2021
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Spring Salad

Spring Salad. Very simple salad made with whatever happened to be in my fridge. It has just the right combination of sour, sweet, and crunchy. This version uses a little canned chicken and cheese, but you can also make...

May 18, 2021
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