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ooking lovingly! Cooking meditatively! Cooking for Buddhas!
Cooking Taoshobuddha way or Buddha way or cooking for
Buddhas means the same thing. It is indeed a strange yet still a
meaningful title for a cook book. It says a lot. And this is the beauty of
it. First let me explain something of the title. Taoshobuddha is an
enlightened master. Very rarely a master goes into cooking or does
something like this. Although each master remains particular about
eating food cooked by each and every one yet no effort was ever made in
the past in this direction. When I asked Taoshobuddha about this, very
pleasantly in his usual manner he said something that reveals the
compassion of a master. Only an enlightened one can say such a thing.
This is what he said:
1. The plane of silence the unheard the uncreated one. This is the plane
where the master or the enlightened one dwells. He prefers to remain
there. But from this plane the transformation cannot happen. Very
unlikely you will find aspirants who are at this plane. However when the
aspirant is within the energy field of the enlightened one he is touched
by this state of awareness at times. Still this state is not permanent. This
is the plane where I dwell. I would not like to come out of this state. But
then I will be failing in my responsibilities for the birth of a new human
being. One who is beyond dualities and conflicts? He is religious beyond
the dimensions of all the religions and narrowness.
2. The second is the plane of intellect. Many are there at this plane. Or
think that from this plane they can understand the deeper aspects of
inwards journey at least intellectually. Again they are mistaken. At this
plane people give their own meaning to the words and message. Still it
is a plane from where one can communicate to all those who are at this
plane to varying degrees. For these people I have made myself available
through scores of books, and other materials, audio and video talks
internationally. Also I have weekly meditations in Boston, Sweden,
Vancouver, Florida, Miami, and New York. These I conduct from here.
In addition there are two published books. And there are 12 E-books and
Monthly E magazine ‘MEDITATION TIMES’. Currently I am doing a book
‘TASAWWRE SHEIKH’ as reminiscences of my father of his master.
3. And last is the most common plane where you will find vast majority of
humanity even those who are on the second plane are to certain varying
degrees remain mixed up with this third plane. This is the plane that
relates to food sheath. Food is necessary for the survival of the body. We
quote ‘Annm! b&hm!’ But do not understand the essence of this.
The people who are at this plane are the ones who have suppressed sex. Also
they lack the understanding of this biological energy. There is not only
misunderstanding instead lack of awareness as well. All those who have
suppressed sex get interested in food. India has suppressed sex down the ages
for various reasons and the outcome is so many spicy and pungent dishes.
Nowhere else so many dishes have developed as in India.
West has been slightly different. Sex is not suppressed. But there is no
fulfilment. One can suppress sex that India did, or what the west did still it
lacks fulfilment. Suppression and un-fulfilment are two sides of the same coin.
This problem has to be addressed. In the past masters have taken notice of
this and abstained eating food from others. But they have done nothing to
offset this problem. Without this new man cannot take birth out of you.
Without this all rituals, worship etc remains meaningless.
I have taken to cooking and thus bring my awareness to the vast majority who
are not interested in things at higher rungs. Whether they are interested in
meditation, or discourses they will definitely be interested in food. How to
reach these persons was on my mind. This life I have chosen to work at all the
planes.
Masters need to do this. Mere rituals, scriptures etc cannot transform them.
This is the reason I have gone into cooking. Maybe persons will be benefited to
varying degrees. One thing is certain though:
You can eat the most nourishing food unhappy; full of complaints,
frustration, and lack of awareness in that case you are like a common
fly that transforms the nourishment into putrefied food. And on the
contrary if you take the non – nourishing food full of happiness, joy,
celebration, awareness, and gratitude then even this non – nourishing
food becomes life giving one. It all depends on you, your awareness. In
that case you become like a fruit plant that is nourished with all that is
rotten, and irrigated with dirty water the plants transform all this into
life nourishing and healthy final result. Remember fruit juices are
considered healthy and source of nourishment.
Not this one, not that one…and then I saw him, a gentle man… a
beautiful man very relaxed person and I just knew that he was the
one…
Swami Anand Neelambar for his expertise in formatting the entire book
into such a unique way and his usual talks! Dayani, Sandra, Peter,
Shiva, and all other participants who day in and day out supported and
encouraged in bringing the work to this stage!
Bonne Appetite!
Love
Prem Sutra