Translator's Introduction    vii

Instructions for the Zen Cook    Tenzo Kyokun    3
     By Zen Master Dogen

How to Cook Your Life   Jinsei Ryori no Hon   23
    By Kosho Uchiyama Roshi

       1. The Tenzo Kyokun and Shikan-taza   23
       2. Concerning the Religious Life   31
       3. The True Form of the Self   35
       4. Everything You Encounter Is Your Life   39
       5. Seeing the World Without Holding Worldly Values   46
       6. On Parental Mind   51
       7. Having a Passion for Life   56
       8. Direction and Goal   61
       9. Making Life Calculations   65
       10. Working with Clear Vision   70
       11. Living Through the Life of the Self   77
       12. On Life Force and Life Activity   82
       13. The Function of a Settled Life   87
       14. Throwing Your Life into the Abode of the Buddha   92

Notes   99
Glossary   113