Core tenet of Sōtō
Everyday activity is the monastery.
Cooking and cleaning are not chores between practice; they are the practice.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Dōgen extended practice to everything: the cook is doing zazen when cooking, the monk washing rice is not preparing to practice. His Instructions for the Cook is a genuine classic of religious literature that is mostly about vegetables and attention. The consequence for lay Sōtō practitioners is that ordinary work is the ground rather than a distraction from it, which is why the school's literature is so full of kitchens.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
Ritual sustains the order of the world.
Vedic Religion
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Dharma sustains the cosmos; to live rightly is to live in accord with it.
Hinduism
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Vesak.
Buddhism · rite
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Paryushana.
Jainism · rite
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The commandments are how the covenant is lived.
Judaism
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The Eucharist.
Christianity · rite
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