“If the six tastes are not suitable and if the food lacks the three virtues, the tenzo’s offering to the assembly is not complete.”
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), Teno Kyokun (How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment)
“If the six tastes are not suitable and if the food lacks the three virtues, the tenzo’s offering to the assembly is not complete.”
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), Teno Kyokun (How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment)
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