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Tenzo Kyōkun
, usually rendered in English as ''Instructions for the Cook'', is an important essay written by Dōgen, the founder of Zen Buddhism's Sōtō school in Japan.
==Title and content==
While the title suggests the scope is limited to simple cooking instructions, Ekiho Miyazaki, an abbot of the Sōtō school's head temple Eihei-ji, summarizes the work's importance when he writes, "''Instructions for the Cook'' are instructions for life".〔Warner et al., 10〕 The work was written in 1237, ten years after Dōgen's return from his time in Song Dynasty China. At this time he was practicing at the monastery he had founded four years earlier, Kōshō-ji.〔Baroni, 344〕〔Warner et al., 14〕 During this period he wrote several of his best known works such as Bendōwa, Fukan Zazengi, and Genjōkōan. However, the language and style in the ''Instructions'' are regarded as more concrete and straightforward than these other popular works.〔 ''Instructions for the Cook'' is included as the first part of the Eihei Shingi, or ''Rules of Purity for Eihei-ji''.〔〔
Renpō Niwa, a former abbot of Eihei-ji, divides the texts into five parts. The first part is the preface in which Dōgen emphasizes the importance of the work of the tenzo, or head cook. He asserts that the position is only suitable for experienced monks with a certain deep degree of understanding of zen practice. The next section describes the actual work the tenzo must carry out, as well as the attitude with which it should be undertaken. The third part includes instructions for serving, as well as an account of Dōgen's famous encounters with two monks serving as tenzo while he was visiting China. He acknowledges that these meetings had a deep and lasting impact on his understanding of Buddhism, and they thus ultimately helped shape Sōtō Zen in Japan. Next, Dōgen focuses on the need for the tenzo to act without any thought of discrimination or duality. In the last section, the discussion of the tenzo's attitude is concluded with a discussion of the Three Minds (''Sanshin'', 三心), a set of three ideals for Zen practice.〔Warner et al., 41-42〕
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