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A review by kmccubbin
From The Zen Kitchen To Enlightenment: Refining Your Life by Kosho Uchiyama, Dōgen
4.0
It's been a long time since I have been assigned reading, but when I took the position of Tenzo at our local Zen Buddhist temple, I was told to read this. So I did.
Here's what it is, it's about 20 pages of a translation of Dogen's instructions to the Tenzo from his epic Shobogenzo and about 70 pages of Kosho Uchiyama's commentary on those 20 pages.
There are points in Uchiyama's commentary where he strongly illuminates Dogen's text, really bringing to bear the weight of your role as a cook as part of your practice. At other times, I'm unsure of where the whole thing is going. "You can never share a fart, " for example.
Umm.
Still, quite valuable for the aspiring, learning on the job, Tenzo.
Here's what it is, it's about 20 pages of a translation of Dogen's instructions to the Tenzo from his epic Shobogenzo and about 70 pages of Kosho Uchiyama's commentary on those 20 pages.
There are points in Uchiyama's commentary where he strongly illuminates Dogen's text, really bringing to bear the weight of your role as a cook as part of your practice. At other times, I'm unsure of where the whole thing is going. "You can never share a fart, " for example.
Umm.
Still, quite valuable for the aspiring, learning on the job, Tenzo.