The Serene


This is the famous Rock Garden of Ryoanji Temple, designed in the early 1500's by painter and gardener Saomi. If there can be a physical embodiment of Zen, it is this garden. It measures thirty meters from East to West and ten meters North to South. It consists of fifteen stones and white gravel. The garden is arranged such that the longer one stares at it, the more varied his thoughts will become.

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