Category: All Good News
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Zen Garden: Yang.
Like the majority of gardens, to counteract the softness of grass, flowers and shrubs, there has to be hard areas, parts of the garden that contain paths, patios, walls, and suchlike. The same goes for the Zen Garden. All Japanese gardens contain stones, special, dynamic stones that visitors can focus on. The larger the stones…
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Zen Garden: Creating.
So, how do you create a Zen Garden? Well, it’s not going to be easy, but then, nothing worth having or creating is easy. So, how do you begin? Don’t do anything in a rush, take everything slow and easy. Study your current garden well and jot down in a notebook what you like and…
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Zen Garden: Culture.
To help you understand the principles of Zen thinking it is helpful to know a bit about the Buddhist culture. Call it what you like, a religion or philosophy, Buddhism began with the teachings of a prince called Siddhartha Gautama who was born and raised in India, somewhere around 500BC, he was brought up in…
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Zen Garden: About Gardens.
If you are fortunate enough to have a garden, the chances are, you love it. Most people like to imagine themselves sitting peacefully in their garden, feet up, on a lovely sunny, warm, afternoon, with a coffee or glass of wine, just letting the world go by, but of course, it’s not just about sitting…
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Zen Garden: Zen.
What is Zen and what does it mean? Zen is a school of Buddhism that started in China, and believes that meditation is the way to access your basic nature and assist you to reach awareness of your personal space. Zen encourages its believers to live in a state of calm, whilst being fully conscious…