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Zen and the Art of Gardening

Zen and the Art of Gardening . Reduced and abstracted to essentials, the stone garden expresses the seven characteristics of Zen Art: Fukinsei – asymmetry, open balance. Kanso – simplicity, purity, reduction. Koko – precious simplicity, maturity, completion.

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Zen and the Art of Gardening

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  1. Zen and the Art of Gardening • Reduced and abstracted to essentials, the stone garden expresses the seven characteristics of Zen Art: • Fukinsei – asymmetry, open balance. • Kanso – simplicity, purity, reduction. • Koko – precious simplicity, maturity, completion. • Shizen – spontaneous nature, unaffected, creative, inventive. • Yugen – unfathomable depth, grace, noble reticence. • Datsuzoku – overcoming the world. • Seijaku – pure stillness. from Japanese Gardens by IrmtraudSchaarschmidt-Richter and Osamu Mori

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