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Talk · Tama Art University · 2023What Is a Zen Garden?
66 min
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A lecture in Japanese at Tama Art University on what makes a garden a Zen garden rather than a decorated space.

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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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