Zen garden

English

Alternative forms
  • zen garden

Noun

Zen garden (plural Zen gardens)

  1. A small stylized Japanese rock garden, intended to convey the essence of nature and to aid meditation.
    • 1985, Camden Benares, Zen Without Zen Masters‎, New Falcon Publications, →ISBN:
      Perhaps you have seen a Zen garden or pictures of Zen gardens with the artfully arranged rocks emerging from smoothly raked patterns in the sand.
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