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The Mystery of Zen Gardens revealed
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Posted by George_in_the_UK UK (My Page) on Mon, Feb 14, 05 at 16:32
Hi All,
The mystery of Zen gardens revealed.
just go to the link below (and copy and paste it in your browser) I was just surfing around
and found this,what is your opinion on
it.
George.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2283398.stm#story |
Here is a link that might be useful: George's Japanese Garden
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RE: The Mystery of Zen Gardens revealed
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- Posted by Herb Victoria, B.C. (My Page) on
Mon, Feb 14, 05 at 22:12
lacks wabi-sabi
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- Posted by ckramos Mill Creek, WA (My Page) on
Tue, Feb 15, 05 at 13:04
| too perfect, too permanent, too complete. "Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is the beauty of things modest and humble. ('The Mystery of Zen Gardens revealed'? very humble) It is the beauty of things unconventional." All things are impermanent
All things are imperfect
All things are incomplete Material characteristics of wabi-sabi:
suggestion of natural process
irregular
intimate
unpretentious
earthy
simple Take your first click on to the Zen lifestyle...
http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/asian/wabisabi.html
...and buy your tick at the gate. Zen enlightenment is only achieved when a Buddhist Monk rakes Mona Lisa on your garden with metal rake from Home Depot; otherwise it a marketing term. Oh...oh...I know what Zen is...fresh cut grass patterns on a golf course on a cold dewy morning...NOW THAT IS ZEN...
WABI-SABI pre-reqs
irregular...nothing a golf course is regular
intimate...just you and the ball
unpretentious...either you can hit the ball or you don't
earthy...cut grass, rolling hills, sand traps (it's raked!)
simple...Tiger Woods makes it look simple, right? No...I'm not an expert, but I did sleep at the Holiday Inn |
RE: The Mystery of Zen Gardens revealed
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| "Zen enlightenment is only achieved when a Buddhist Monk rakes Mona Lisa on your garden with metal rake from Home Depot; otherwise it a marketing term." Does this group have a hall of fame? I nominate this one! Seconder? |
RE: The Mystery of Zen Gardens revealed
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- Posted by Herb Victoria, B.C. (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 20, 05 at 14:53
| The meaning of 'Zen', in English, gets more & more eclectic. This has just appeared in Private Eye - admittedly in Pseuds Corner, so they're quoting somebody else - "Some nights it’s like pushing an elephant upstairs, but then suddenly that elephant starts to run and it’s that fleeting moment that amazes me... it’s like a zen experience." |
RE: The Mystery of Zen Gardens revealed
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Herb,
Nearly every human experience can have 'Zen' connotations, it seems - from natural childbirth to fashion. But an elephant's diarrhetic voiding is a new one for me ;) Jack |
RE: The Mystery of Zen Gardens revealed
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| An elephant with the the 'runs' would certainly be like a zen experience, man. A fleeting moment, elephant farts
Not air but
A ton of sh*t down hill |
RE: The Mystery of Zen Gardens revealed
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| :)) Whilst travelling upstairs
Start saying your prayers
If a pachyderm's buns
Begin to quiver and hum |
RE: The Mystery of Zen Gardens exposed
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Listen, is that a rumble?
be sure to run
if elephant turds tumble. |
RE: The Mystery of Zen Gardens rewealed
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For lest you be smite
With elephant shyte
Best make your way
To the elevator - ay? |
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