Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters

by Bernie Glassman, Rick Fields, George Albert Brown

Book Overview

Zen is not just about what we do in the meditation hall, but what we do in the home, the workplace, and the community. That's the premise of this book: how to cook what Zen Buddhists call "the supreme meal"--life. It has to be nourishing, and it has to be shared. And we can use only the ingredients at hand. Inspired by the thirteenth-century manual of the same name by Dogen, the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, this book teaches us how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611800684
• ISBN13: 9781611800685
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.1" x 8.4"