How to Cook Your Life
Book description
This modern-day commentary on Dogen’s Instructions for a Zen Cook reveals how everyday activities—like cooking—can be incorporated into our spiritual practice
In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen—perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosophers, and the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect—wrote a practical manual of Instructions for…
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Why read it?
1 author picked How to Cook Your Life as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I discovered the profound connection between Zen practice and the art of cooking in this insightful work by the revered Zen master, Dogen.
Through a series of engaging teachings, Dogen explores how the simple act of preparing and sharing food can become a transformative spiritual practice, fostering mindfulness, gratitude, and connection. I read this book before attending a long period of meditation, and it changed my view on day-to-day work completely.
How to Cook Your Life offers a unique perspective on the integration of Zen wisdom into daily life, inviting readers to cultivate a deeper sense of presence and harmony…
From Christian's list on Zen which changed the way I think.
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