Culinary Compassion on the Buddhist Path
A scholar-practitioner explores conflicting stances on eating meat across Buddhist traditions
Food
What do Buddhists eat? What do you eat on a Buddhist retreat? Are Buddhists vegetarian and what does Buddhism say about eating meat? How can Buddhist ethics impact what we eat? Explore all these questions and more what Buddhism has to say about food, eating, and cooking.
The Buddhist Chef Wants You to Start Where You Are
With a just-released cookbook, Jean-Philippe Cyr talks about how Buddhism informs the way he cooks, eats, and deals with the doubters.
Chef Deborah Madison Thinks It Pays to Be More Tolerant
A chef known for cooking vegetables discusses why she stays away from labels like “vegetarian” and reflects on her experience cooking—and creating community—at the San Francisco Zen Center.
The Myth of Separation
Tara Brach and Konda Mason on plant-based eating
Please Enjoy Your Food
It could be the best meditation you do all day.
A Zen Harvest
When the pandemic hit, veterans of Green Gulch Farm joined with Bay Area leaders and activists to distribute their sangha-grown vegetables where it was needed most.
I Tried the “Buddhist Monk” Diet—And It Worked
But not just for slimming one ex-monk’s waistline
Dogen Said Not to Waste a Single Grain of Rice. Here’s How.
A Zen teacher and cook’s recipe for making the most of your leftovers and cutting down on food waste.
Celebrating the Tibetan New Year with Momos and More
Ring in the year of the pig with a feast fit for a lama.
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