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Talk · Brown University · 2018The Art and Philosophy of Zen Garden Design
68 min
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The Soto priest and garden designer on what a garden is for, and why he treats laying stones as a form of practice.

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Meet Shunmyō Masuno.

Sōtō lineage · Garden design

Shunmyō Masuno

Chief priest of Kenkō-ji temple in the Sōtō Zen tradition and one of Japan's leading Zen garden designers, teaching the connection between garden-making and Zen practice.

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