There is something so serene and lovely about a japanese garden. If you are going to meditate, this is the place to do it. And who doesn't love a arched Japanese bridge? (Just look at Monet!) I didn't get any shots of the fish in this garden but there were plenty of orange and gold koi in the ponds.
Enjoy!
Without any intentional fancy way of adjusting yourself,
to express yourself as you are,
is the most important thing.
Shunryu Suzuki
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
The mind is everything.
What we think
we become.
~Buddha
The world is like a mirror you see?
Smile and your friends smile back.
~Japanese Zen Saying
Student says "I am very discouraged. What should I do?"
Master says, "Encourage others."
~Zen Proverb
My sister Penny and Benjamin (my nephew) enjoying the beautiful, shaded pathways ...
The fundamental delusion of humanity
is to suppose that I am here
and you
are out there.
~Yasutani Roshi
Do not speak
unless it improves on silence.
~Buddhist Saying
Penny and Ben picked up camellias that had fallen from the trees ...
so sweet, his little hand next to hers.
The quieter you become,
the more you can hear.
~Yatsutani Roshi
Blessings and light for a beautiful week!
~And still more of the gardens to come!
For more about the Japanese garden at the Huntington click HERE
