– Born in Paris, France, he is an international vegetarian chef, a senior mentor of yoga philosophy, a promoter and writer of cultural exchanges between East and West.
He has traveled to more than 30 countries around the world, and is familiar with Sanskrit classics, English, French, Hebrew, and Hindi and Bengali.
With 45 years of vegetarian experience, 30 years of experience as an international vegetarian cook, and 42 years of yoga practice and research, Yifu explores the spiritual wisdom behind the vegetarian path and walks a very grounded path of practice.
Choosing vegetarianism for love Everyone will encounter a crossroad and face a major choice in life.
For Yifu, who was 15 years old at that time, choosing vegetarian food was an important decision, a decision that he never hesitated or regretted.
On a sunny spring day, he said goodbye to fish and eggs forever.
In the 1970s, the thinking of young people in the West initiated a new change.
Non violence, animal protection and nature protection became the cornerstone of their ideal.
A strong voice hit Yifu’s young heart: “Any form of violence can only stimulate more violence.
Unless human beings are kind to animals and care for other lives, they can never live together peacefully and love each other.” It is difficult to explain what kind of force pushed him out of this step when he was young.
However, after traveling around the world, he finally understood that such a diet choice actually came from the call of his heart.
In the years that followed, it gradually intertwined with Mr.
Yifu’s spiritual journey and complemented each other.
In 1974, Yifu first went to the Middle East and worked as a farmer on a farm in Israel for two years.
Fresh air, fragrant soil, clear water…
everything there completely changed his concept of food.
He was amazed at the harmony among sunshine, gentle wind, rain and soil, which gave birth to countless fruits, vegetables, nuts and beans, and kept life on the earth from the beginning of creation! The Middle East is rich and generous, where the vibrant market life attracts him to explore delicious and healthy food.
Middle East pocket bread (pita) wrapped with vegetable salad, hummus, fried falafel, dip sauce made of tomato paste and sesame sauce, roasted bell pepper and fried eggplant…
These delicacies constitute the traditional street snack culture in the Middle East.
In 1976, Yifu finally set foot on Indian land for the first time after going through many hardships along the long road extending from Turkey.
There, he found a new world.
In addition to the unique cultural tradition and profound spiritual wisdom, the vegetarian food displayed there is also the most incredible in the world.
Speaking of India, it can be summarized in one sentence: every step is a dance and every sentence is a song.
Every day there is a festival.
He was deeply shocked by the color, sound and taste here, and his curiosity aroused by the provocation drove him to explore an answer: why can such diverse life forms converge in one place? India’s farmers’ market is full of vitality, and every day is like a holiday.
In addition to colorful fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts, rainbow colored spices attacked my taste from all sides of the market.
Most spice Indians use it in rice, dahl, sabji and pancakes.
On the streets of India, there are various snack stalls everywhere, hawkers even cook steaming food for tourists on the platform and in the carriage of the railway station, and the food follows people to every corner of the country.
Being in India is like entering a world of cooking, where he will have a new experience of cooking anytime and anywhere.
Yoga meditation can help people feel the most basic needs of life – food and air.
Similarly, when a person makes decisions, practices good deeds and follows morality and ethics, he needs a spiritual power, and at the same time, he needs to distinguish the difference between desire and impulse and virtue and goodness intelligently, and finally find love and joy in his conscience.
Such perception can also be aroused through yoga meditation.
By preparing food for oneself and others, all these elements are combined to create the energy of love that flows from the cook’s heart to the taster.
In 1988, Yifu came to Australia alone from France to try his luck in this “lucky country”.
He was trying to find a way of harmony with nature and a medium to share cooking with his loved ones.
Vegetarian diet is not only for dieting, beauty and health, but also for ethics, human compassion for weak creatures, the right to health and survival of the earth, respect for Mother Nature, and gratitude for rich food without resorting to violence.
When Yi Fu first came to China in 1993, he really fell in love with the residents, traditions, culture and fresh food in the vegetable market at first sight.
Here, there are all kinds of green leafy vegetables, fresh hand-made noodles, steaming tofu, steamed buns, dumplings and pies.
He spent a year travelling around China by train and hard sleeper, and cycling around the city.
From Sichuan to Kunming, from Chengdu to Wuhan, and all the way north to Beijing and Hohhot, I enjoyed delicious food from all over the world.
He was amazed at how many vegetarian dishes there are in Chinese food! Now, foreign cultures are more integrated into Chinese life.
He wants to encourage Chinese people to return to healthy and warm family tables.
Through healthy and nutritious food, they need not plunder other lives, and gradually cultivate love and kindness, so that we can realize the harmony between man and nature.
The rich variety of vegetarianism makes people happy, which is exactly the unique function of vegetarianism..
