In Present-Day Society We Need to Make Eating Our Practice

The Form of the Dharma that Appears in the Etiquette of Oryoki

Shojin Ryori is a way of cooking food that is used in Zen monasteries all across Japan. As an introduction to Shojin Ryori we have prepared a few recipes, that are simple and quick to do, as well as being healthy.

The person in charge of cooking in a Zen temple is called the Tenzo.

Preparing the monks' daily meals is an important practice of the tenzo (temple cook)