Cabbage Chant

The Master forbade the chef monk to buy processed foods, unless lay disciples bring them to the temple. Once the chef monk found that there had been nothing but cabbage, radish, and tofu in the kitchen for days. Running out of varieties, he asked the Master what to do.
Master said,
"We chant the same sutra every morning, don't we?"

 

菜根譚

和尚平常規定大寮不可採購加工食品,
除非居士發心送上山來。
一日,
典座師見這一陣子都是青菜、蘿蔔、豆腐,
心想:
青菜這陣子又貴,不能變化多種菜色。
求好心切故,
便去請示和尚怎麼辦?
和尚說:
我們每天早課,
也都是唱『爐香讚』啊!

 

 



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