Zen Garden: Creating. Setting up a Zen Garden isn’t easy, but then creating anything beautiful isn’t going to be easy, but at least when it’s complete the happiness, relaxation and peace you feel will be worth all the work
Zen Garden: Culture. Buddhists believe in reincarnation, where one has to suffer living through cycles of life and death until one becomes enlightened. Upon reaching Nirvana, the cycle of suffering life and death finally ceases.
Zen Garden: About Gardens. In the UK, most of our gardens are busy-type areas, unlike the Japanese gardens that are much simpler, and easier on the eye, they are formed for people to find tranquility in their lives.
Zen Gardens: Zen. Zen is a form of Buddhism that encourages its followers to find solutions for life through meditation and relaxation. Buddhism is a religion, that has no god yet seeks an end to suffering.
Zen Gardens: Quiet Space. In our super-busy world, we all need a quiet space in which to escape. In this series, I hope to bring you some ideas to help you find a peaceful and relaxing space in your garden.