GARDENS OF AWAKENING: A Guide to the Aesthetics, History, and Spirituality of Kyoto's Zen Landscapes

Richly illustrated with full-color photographs, this work guides you through a series of Zen temple gardens, most of which were created from the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Some are teeming with plants and flowing water, while others have only rocks and sand. All share in the Zen aesthetics of awakening.