The ultimate place for this mediation is a Zen garden. These gardens are a Buddhist art expression that focuses on nature. However‚ the garden is almost entirely made of stone and gravel‚ with almost no plant life at all. In this essay I will discuss a brief history of the role of nature in Buddhism‚ explain why the stones and gravel in the Zen Garden are so important and describe‚ in detail‚ the finest Zen Garden example that is Ryoanji Dry Garden in Japan. I have personally visited Ryoanji three
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I have been in the most famous Botanical Garden with my friends or my family before. Indeed‚ the Penang Botanic Garden gave us a relaxation place for doing physical exercises. The garden is clean‚ safe and comfortable for jogging. Mostly I go there every morning for walking up and down just like the locals do‚ is the best relaxation at 8am. I miss that fresh morning air‚ too. Actually the gate is open until after 8pm and there are also some fruits and drinks stalls‚ selling different variety of
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Archetype: The Garden The Garden is a mythological archetype that is well known as one of the famous four archetypes. The Garden is a representation of peace and sanctuary‚ because of its holy essence. This archetype has been portrayed for many years as a place of sanctuary and solitude for the fact that there was a place needed for people of all kinds to live in peace. The word paradise is also used most commonly to describe the setting of The Garden‚ it is most commonly known as a place where
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botanical garden in 1822. [1] Through continuous planning and cultivation‚ Singapore has earned the name of "Garden City". From the first tree planting by Mr Lee Kuan Yew in 1963‚ Gardens by the bay (Gardens) is a huge leap with its $1 billion investment.[2]Aligned with Singapore’s new aspiration to become an international eco-tourism icon‚ Gardens is alleged to put Singapore at the forefront of eco-tourism and promote Singapore as a "City in the Garden". 2. The alignment of Gardens to Ecotourism
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the modern short story form with her innovative literary style. In such influential stories as "The Garden Party‚" "Bliss‚" and "Prelude‚" Mansfield perfected her meticulous craft‚ examining the human condition in restrained and deceptively everyday prose. Her avowed intention was to intensify "the so-called small things so that everything is significant." In "The Garden Party‚" for example‚ the description of sunbeams playing on an inkwell is the kind of detailed observation that lends an almost
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Garden State Equality vs. Dow A challenging dispute of minds As the case of Garden State Equality vs. Dow unravels into the Supreme Court hearings‚ there will be an indefinite variety of opinions and disputes of minds. There is room for controversy and disputes will arise. There are miss-interpretations and quotes that government officials and citizens against civil union rights have expressed and demonstrated about same-sex couples and their right to marry. This is an example of an interpretation
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THE SECRET GARDEN Stage 3 ’We’re alike‚ you and me‚’ old Ben Weatherstaff said to Mary. ’We’re not pretty to look at and we’re both very disagreeable.’ Poor Mary! Nobody wants her‚ nobody likes her. Her parents have died‚ and she is sent home from India to live in her uncle’s house in Yorkshire. It is a big old house‚ with nearly a hundred rooms‚ but most of them are shut and locked. Mary is cross and bored‚ and lonely. There is nothing to do all day‚ and no one to talk to‚ except old Ben Weatherstaff
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How far does Ian McEwan present the ideas of a matriarch in society through The Cement Garden? Ian McEwan’s novel‚ The Cement Garden (1978)‚ opens with a sense of guilt and a feeling of unhappy self-containment‚ which introduces the prevailing atmosphere. McEwan distorts the ‘normality’ of a story‚ that could centre around a male adolescent‚ by magnifying elements of the matriarchal society and highlighting the importance of a maternal figure within a family that contains impressionable children
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In the poem “The Garden of Love”‚ which has a figurative meaning‚ the writer makes a contrast of the experience of his childhood with that of his adult life. Which techniques does he use to achieve this objective? In the collection A Choice of Poets‚ the author‚ William Blake expresses his feelings about his childhood compared to his adulthood in the poem “The Garden of Love”. The disappointment of the poet is a dominant tone in this piece of literature. The poet used figurative language
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The Garden Party is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in the Saturday Westminster Gazette on 4 February 1922‚ then in the Weekly Westminster Gazette on 18 February 1922. It later appeared in The Garden Party and Other Stories.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Plot summary 2 Characters in The Garden Party 3 Major themes 4 References to other works 5 Literary significance 6 References 7 External links [edit]Plot summary The Sheridan family is preparing to host a
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