One day Master Jojoo asked a kitchen-steward monk who was in charge of cooking vegetables, “Do we eat raw vegetables or cooked ones today?” The kitchen-steward monk picked up some of them and showed them to the master.
Student: “What did the kitchen-steward monk mean by showing the master some of the vegetables?”
Master: “He blamed the master for talking about worldly food while residing in a temple.”
Commentary:
Raw food or cooked food is not monastic food but worldly food.
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