Please read chapter four, "Everything You Encounter Is Your Life," pp. 39–45 in either of these two editions:
- How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment, Eihei Dogen and Kosho Uchiyama (2005)
- From The Zen Kitchen To Enlightenment: Refining Your Life, Eihei Dogen and Kosho Uchiyama (1983)