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b"This talk continues Shohaku Okumura Roshi\\u2019s commentary on Dogen Zenji\\u2019s Tenzo Kyokun \\u2013 Instructions for the Zen Cook. (Covering the second paragraph on page 37).

Beginning with the passage studied in this podcast, D\\u014dgen describes the most important point in the attitude of the tenzo. The meaning of D\\u014dgen\\u2019s admonition is very clear: don\\u2019t complain. The tenzo receives food ingredients from storage, and whatever the tenzo receives, they don\\u2019t complain, they just accept things as they are and work together with those things to make them into the best food or dish possible.

But if we carefully read the expressions and sentences, what D\\u014dgen is saying is not so simple. Of course, the meaning is to avoid \\u201clike and dislike.\\u201d But the reason for that attitude is very deep and important within the essence of Buddhist teaching. In the English translation alone, we cannot see that connection.

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This talk was originally given at Sanshinji in Bloomington, IN on September 12, 2007.

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