…In Kamakura Period in Japan there were many famous teachers in various schools: shindai Shonin or Eisai Renji or Dongen Renji or Nichiren Shonin or honen Shonin. Before those famous teachers appeared, there were many teachers who emphasized the precepts…

…the ultimate goal. To give people something good always is the responsibility of the cook in the kitchen, in the monastery. So Dongen Renji said: cook in the monastery is quite different from the cook in the hotel. We should not compare our cook to the…