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Tenzo Kyōkun, or as I have entitled it in English, Instructions for the Zen Cook, was written over a period of years by Eihei Dōgen Zenji (1200–1253)… - Dōgen
" "Tenzo Kyōkun, or as I have entitled it in English, Instructions for the Zen Cook, was written over a period of years by Eihei Dōgen Zenji (1200–1253), who was intimately familiar with both the Rinzai and Sōtō schools of Zen, and finally completed in 1237. More specifically, it was written for Dōgen’s immediate disciples living with him in a monastery in medieval Japan.
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Dōgen (道元; also Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, Eihei Dōgen 永平道元, titled as Dōgen Zenji [Zen Master Dōgen] 道元禅師) (19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan.
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高祖
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Dōgen Zenji
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Dōgen Kigen
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Eihei Dōgen
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Dougen
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Uchiyama Rōshi subtitled his interpretive translation and commentary of this important work Finsei Ryōri no Hon, or How to Cook Your Life. The word ryōri, the meaning of which to be sure includes the cooking and preparation of food, also has broader connotations. Ryōri may also be used in the sense of conducting or handling one’s affairs. The implication of this title is that the author tells us how we should go about conducting our lives and treating everything
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