If a monk who is responsible for the
kitchen work is not happy, food tastes very bad. Even
though it is good, it doesn't taste too good. So Dogen Zenji said [laughs,
laughter] they must be like a man who is who carrying fish. No, he
didn’t say so, but [laughs, laughter] what he means is he should be always happy. If he is not so happy, all
the monks will not be happy and the more complaints he will have, and he
will be criticized more. So first of all, Dogen Zenji says he should be always
happy. -------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-06-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture ex/cerpts on cuke.com - from thee links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.
