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Zen Gardens

Author : Mira Locher
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462910491
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Zen Gardens written by Mira Locher and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shunmyo Masuno, Japan's leading garden designer, is at once Japan's most highly acclaimed landscape architect and an 18th-generation Zen Buddhist priest, presiding over daily ceremonies at the Kenkoji Temple in Yokohama. He is celebrated for his unique ability to blend strikingly contemporary elements with the traditional design vernacular. He has worked in ultramodern urban hotels and in some of Japan's most famous classic gardens. In each project, his work as a designer of landscape architecture is inseparable from his Buddhist practice. Each becomes a Zen garden, "a special spiritual place where the mind dwells." This beautiful book, illustrated with more than 400 drawings and color photographs, is the first complete retrospective of Masuno's work to be published in English. It presents 37 major gardens around the world in a wide variety of types and settings: traditional and contemporary, urban and rural, public spaces and private residences, and including temple, office, hotel and campus venues. Masuno achieved fame for his work in Japan, but he is becoming increasingly known internationally, and in 2011 completed his first commission in the United States which is shown here. Zen Gardens, divided into three chapters, covers: "Traditional Zen Gardens," "Contemporary Zen Gardens" and "Zen Gardens outside Japan." Illustrated with photographs and architectural plans or sketches, each Zen garden design is described and analyzed by author Mira Locher, herself an architect and a scholar well versed in Japanese culture. Celebrating the accomplishments of a major, world-class designer, Zen Gardens also serves as something of a master class in Japanese garden design and appreciation: how to perceive a Japanese garden, how to understand one, even how to make one yourself. Like one of Masuno's gardens, the book can be a place for contemplation and mindful repose.

Zen Gardening

Author : Sunniva Harte
Publisher : Pavilion Books, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781862054585
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Zen Gardening written by Sunniva Harte and published by Pavilion Books, Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflects the increasing interest in Eastern philosophies on the creation of natural balance in the garden; Provides detailed practical examples showing how to imbue your garden with the elements of harmony and peace; Gardens inspired by Zen are the ideal antidote to today's busy lifestyle - an oasis of calm and tranquillity - and require very little maintenance; Zen gardens are for contemplation, reflecting the beauty of nature and the aesthetic sense of the gardener. Originally created in Japanese monasteries around the twelfth century, their beauty comes from their simplicity and the precise arrangement of rocks, gravel, water and plants. Using as few or as many plants as required, Zen gardens also provide an eco-friendly alternative to the old-fashioned lawn, often requiring little or no water. For those with a limited area, Zen gardens create the illusion of space and freedom. Zen Gardening simplifies the principles of this art and reveals the meaning of the different elements, putting every aspect of creating a Zen garden at the hands of today's gardeners. Zen gardening need not mean ripping up your garden and starting from scratch. Nor need it involve replacing your lawn with

Paradise in Plain Sight

Author : Karen Maezen Miller
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608682528
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Paradise in Plain Sight written by Karen Maezen Miller and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2014 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reflections on finding peace, beauty, and fulfillment in everyday life, illustrated by the author's experiences with tending her new home's venerable but neglected Japanese garden"--

Zen Garden Design

Author : Mira Locher
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462922171
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Zen Garden Design written by Mira Locher and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen Buddhist priest Shunmyo Masuno understands that today's busy world leaves little time or space for self-reflection, but that a garden--even in the most urban of spaces--can provide some respite. In his words, "The garden is a special spiritual place where the mind dwells." With this in mind, Masuno has designed scores of spectacular Japanese gardens and landscapes with the aim of helping people achieve a balanced life in the 21st century. This book explores Masuno's design process and ideas, which are integral to his daily Zen training and teachings. It features 15 unique gardens and contemplative landscapes completed in six countries over as many years--all thoughtfully described and documented in full-color photos and drawings. Readers will also find insights on Masuno's philosophy of garden design and a conversation between the designer and famed architect Terunobu Fujimori. Zen Garden Design provides an in-depth examination of Masuno's gardens and landscapes--not just as beautiful spaces, but as places for meditation and contemplation.

Zen and the Art of Gardening

Author : Gill Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zen and the Art of Gardening written by Gill Hale and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending the basics of gardening with Zen meditation, this book features advice, stories, and pertinent quotes that reconnect readers with the earth, water, wildlife, and natural forces of the seasons to create harmony and tranquility within both themselves and the garden. Full color.

Zen Landscapes

Author : Allen S. Weiss
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780232314
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Zen Landscapes written by Allen S. Weiss and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential elements of a dry Japanese garden are few: rocks, gravel, moss. Simultaneously a sensual matrix, a symbolic form, and a memory theater, these gardens exhibit beautiful miniaturization and precise craftsmanship. But their apparent minimalism belies a true complexity. In Zen Landscapes, Allen S. Weiss takes readers on an exciting journey through these exquisite sites, explaining how Japanese gardens must be approached according to the play of scale, surroundings, and seasons, as well as in relation to other arts—revealing them as living landscapes rather than abstract designs. Weiss shows that these gardens are inspired by the Zen aesthetics of the tea ceremony, manifested in poetry, painting, calligraphy, architecture, cuisine, and ceramics. Japanese art favors suggestion and allusion, valuing the threshold between the distinct and the inchoate, between figuration and abstraction, and he argues that ceramics play a crucial role here, relating as much to the site-specificity of landscape as to the ritualized codes of the tea ceremony and the everyday gestures of the culinary table. With more than one hundred stunning color photographs, Zen Landscapes is the first in-depth study in the West to examine the correspondences between gardens and ceramics. A fascinating look at landscape art and its relation to the customs and craftsmanship of the Japanese arts, it will appeal to readers interested in landscape design and Japan’s art and culture.

Mindfulness in the Garden

Author : Zachiah Murray
Publisher : Parallax Press
ISBN 13 : 1937006166
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Mindfulness in the Garden written by Zachiah Murray and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mindfulness in the Garden offers simple mindfulness verses (gathas) composed to connect the mind and body and to bring the reader/gardener’s awareness to the details of the present moment as they work in the garden. These gathas are signposts leading to nature, to the present, and ultimately to one’s self through the love and understanding they evoke. The gathas offered with each gardening activity serves to water the seeds of mindfulness within us, and softening and preparing the ground for our ability to be present. Mindfulness in the Garden values weeds as important messengers seeking to bring into close communion our spiritual nature with that of the environment. It likens spiritual practice to cultivating a garden and inspires each person to accept themselves and start where they are, weeds and all. Through the practice of mindful gardening, we invite not only the thriving of the natural world but also the flowering and beauty of the pure land of our true self to emerge. Features black and white botanical illustrations throughout. Introduction by Thich Nhat Hanh, author of Present Moment Wonderful Moment Foreword by Wendy Johnson,author of Gardening at the Dragon's Gate

The Art of Zen Gardens

Author : A. Keir Davidson
Publisher : Tarcher
ISBN 13 : 9780874772548
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Zen Gardens written by A. Keir Davidson and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1983 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reading Zen in the Rocks

Author : François Berthier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226044125
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Reading Zen in the Rocks written by François Berthier and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic essay on the "karesansui" garden by French art historian Berthier has now been translated by Graham Parkes, giving English-speaking readers a concise, thorough, and beautifully illustrated history of Zen rock gardens. 37 halftones.

Zen in Your Garden

Author : Jenny Hendy
Publisher : Godsfield Press
ISBN 13 : 9781841811109
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Zen in Your Garden written by Jenny Hendy and published by Godsfield Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title seeks to help the reader create a garden that is a haven of tranquility by drawing on the principles of Zen aesthetics and by incorporating elements of Zen philosophy and symbolism into garden design. It shows how to design rock and water gardens which symbolize spiritual qualities.

Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto

Author : John Dougill
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462919588
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto written by John Dougill and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ING_08 Review quote

Japanese Zen Gardens

Author : Yoko Kawaguchi
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9780711238718
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Zen Gardens written by Yoko Kawaguchi and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Beautifully illustrated, packed with fascinating insights' Robin Lane Fox in the Financial Times A new handbook-sized edition of Japanese Zen Gardens. Japan's iconic zen gardens are revealed in Alex Ramsay's specially commissioned photographs and their history and meaning is explored in Yoko Kawaguchi's learned text. The austere, enigmatic rock gardens of Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital, have never ceased to fascinate garden lovers. Weather-â? beaten rocks set in an expanse of white sand raked into geometric patterns challenge the idea of a garden as a space chiefly dedicated to the cultivation and appreciation of plants. How did the taste for this kind of garden arise? What do the stones represent? Why aren’t there more flowers?This book sets out to answer questions such as these. It explores the Zen characteristics of these gardens, and discusses the impact Zen Buddhism has had on the Japanese way of looking at the natural world. This book also shows how key traditional concepts, such as that of using the confined space of a garden to create a landscape in miniature, were reinterpreted in Zen temple gardens. It explores how they make use of traditional imagery, such as those of mountain and sea, and how they reflect that acute sensitivity to the passage of time and the changing of the seasons which characterizes so many other Japanese garden styles. Yoko Kawaguchi’s thoughtful and learned book illustrated with commissioned photography by Alex Ramsay, this book covers important examples of Japanese Zen temple gardens from the fourteenth century through to the twentieth century. It appeals to readers who are interested in gardens, garden design and garden history, as well as in Zen Buddhism and Zen aesthetics. It also serves as a useful reference book for travellers planning a trip to Japan to visit the country’s temples.

Zen Gardens

Author : Erik Borja
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781841881126
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book Zen Gardens written by Erik Borja and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Informative and aesthetically pleasing....Explore[s] the significance of the garden in Zen Buddhist practice and describe[s] the various types of gardens the Zen sensibility inspires. Borja...writes knowledgeably about Zen Buddhist thought and the centrality of the garden to Zen practice. He provides a wealth of design and construction information and encourages gardeners to create their own Zen gardens, with suggestions that embrace technical, artistic, and spiritual concerns. Paul Maurer's photographs complement the text effectively.”—Booklist.

The Mini Zen Gardening Kit

Author : Abd Al-hayy Moore
Publisher : RP Minis
ISBN 13 : 9780762408283
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Mini Zen Gardening Kit written by Abd Al-hayy Moore and published by RP Minis. This book was released on 2000-09-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carry-along version of our enormously popular Zen Gardening Kit provides a touch of tranquility on the go. Packaged with a 32page introduction to the aesthetic enlightenment of Zen gardening, it includes a tray, fine sand, decorative rocks, and miniature wooden rake.

京都禅の庭

Author : Thomas Wright
Publisher : Books Nippan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book 京都禅の庭 written by Thomas Wright and published by Books Nippan. This book was released on 1990 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-color introduction to the serene world of Kyoto's Zen gardens. Each garden's location, visiting hours and admission policies are noted.

The Zen of CSS Design

Author : Dave Shea
Publisher : Pearson Deutschland GmbH
ISBN 13 : 9783827322760
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book The Zen of CSS Design written by Dave Shea and published by Pearson Deutschland GmbH. This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Zen Garden Litter Box

Author : Sarah Royal
Publisher : RP Minis
ISBN 13 : 9780762464128
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Zen Garden Litter Box written by Sarah Royal and published by RP Minis. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen meets cats -- and kitty litter -- in this calming Zen garden kit that includes everything you need to reach ultimate enlightenment. For any cat lover looking for peace and mindfulness, this kit includes: 3-inch "Litter box" tray Two 3/4-inch cats Bag of sand 5 decorative rocks 2-1/2-inch wooden rake 32-page book on the Zen of litter box gardening