Japanese Zen garden with temple and bridge

THE Japanese Zen garden is made up of a three compartments tray, with a temple, a bridge and two koi carp in figurines, the synthetic lawn, stones, sand and a rake.

The Zen garden stimulates meditation and helps relieve everyday pressure.

Zen garden benefits

The Zen garden is a Japanese miniature garden inspired by the thought of Zen Buddhism. According to practitioners of Zen Buddhist meditation, perfection is inaccessible but perfect simplicity. Everyone can kiss calm. This balance and this harmony are thus represented in the Japanese Zen garden: symbol of peace and some tranquility. 

The Zen garden invites softness and calm in your home, bringing many benefits to the level of physical and psychological health. Rating from the sand of the garden helps your mind and your body to relax in order to find inner peace. Taking care of a Zen garden stimulates meditation and improves concentration, patience and self -control, while developing your creativity.

Basic elements of the Zen garden

Symbol of simplicity and serenity, the Japanese garden consists of a few main elements, effectively translating the charm and the beauty of nature in a simple and refined Asian decoration. Among them :

• THE sand, symbol of purity, emptiness and distance
• THE stones, representative river, mountain, waterfall, etc. (Longevity and omnipresence of nature forces), or emotional obstacles (ignorance, anger, desire, etc.). Once grouped together, the stones symbolize peace.
• THE ornaments, like a candle to guide and chase ignorance, a Buddha statuette to stimulate meditation, carp koï: symbol of perseverance, courage and love
• There vegetation, symbol of life with suffering and joy, communion with nature

Characteristics of the Zen Garden Temple and Pont