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?"

 

菜根谭

和尚平常规定大寮不可采购加工食品,
除非居士发心送上山来。
一日,
典座师见这一阵子都是青菜、萝卜、豆腐,
心想:
青菜这阵子又贵,不能变化多种菜色。
求好心切故,
便去请示和尚怎么办?
和尚说:
我们每天早课,
也都是唱‘炉香赞’啊!

 

 



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