Zen garden

noun

A small stylized Japanese rock garden, intended to convey the essence of nature and to aid meditation.

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nounZen garden (plural Zen gardens)

plural Zen gardens · alternative zen garden

  1. A small stylized Japanese rock garden, intended to convey the essence of nature and to aid meditation.

    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.

    1985, Camden Benares, Zen Without Zen Masters, New Falcon Publications, →ISBN
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