Zen garden design : mindful spaces by Shunmyo Masuno - Japan's leading garden designer
(Book)

"Zen Buddhist priest Shunmyo Masuno designs gardens and landscapes with the aim of helping people achieve a balanced life in the twenty-first century. Masuno understands the contemporary world to leave little time or space for self-reflection, which causes people to suffer greatly. In his words, 'The garden is a special spiritual place where the mind swells,' a place to leave behind the information-laden contemporary world and spend time with one's thoughts, searching for truth and serenity. Zen Garden Designs explores Masuno’s design process and ideas, which are integral to his daily Zen training and teachings. The book features fifteen unique gardens and contemplative landscapes completed since 2012 in six countries, all thoughtfully described and documented with photos and drawings, as well as an essay on Masuno’s philosophy of garden design and a conversation between Masuno and architect Terunobu Fujimori. Zen Garden Design provides an in-depth examination of Masuno's gardens and landscapes as spaces for mediation and contemplation-places for the mindful consideration of one's own life."--book jacket.