Tricycle Daily Dharma September 22, 2013
Dogen’s Cookbook
When
you prepare food, do not see with ordinary eyes and do not think with
ordinary mind. Take up a blade of grass and construct a treasure king's
land; enter into a particle of dust and turn the great dharma wheel. Do
not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do
not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup. Where there
is no discrimination, how can there be distaste? Thus, do not be
careless even when you work with poor materials, and sustain your
efforts even when you have excellent materials. Never change your
attitude according to the materials. If you do, it is like varying your
truth when speaking with different people; then you are not a
practitioner of the way.
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- Zen Master Dogen, “Instructions for the Tenzo”
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