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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Erika Kissick Kyle Holder Biology 122 5/1/2014 The Edible Gardens and the Green City Market As a world class city‚ Chicago is at the forefront of innovation; visionaries are looking to a sustainable way of living as a new blueprint for urban life. Chicago fosters a variety of “green” projects. The Edible Gardens and the Green City Market are organizations that support and educate others on a sustainable‚ natural lifestyle by locally growing produce and creating educational programs. To begin
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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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The British romantic era starts from the 1700’s to the 1800’s‚ Romanticism‚ a philosophical‚ literary‚ artistic and cultural period which initiated as a result prevailing Enlightenment ideals of the day. This romantic period in the history of British poetry was right in the middle of a time when the society was going through tremendous reforms. It is characterized by a shift from the structured‚ intellectual‚ reasoned approach of the 1700’s to use of the imagination‚ freedom of thought and expression
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Mughal Garden‚ Lister Park‚ Bradford Green Space of the Month — September 2003 Contact Joy Leach‚ Friends of Lister Park on 01274 223665 Hawarun.Hussain‚ Bradford City Primary Care Trust‚ Hawarun.Hussain@bdct.n Introduction This historically important park in a famous old Yorkshire mill town cost over £4 million to restore. A key new feature introduced to this award-winning park is the Mughal garden designed to reflect the rich Asian cultural heritage of Bradford. Used by local communities
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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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From tragic adventures on the high-seas to nonsensical battles between white settlers and native tribes‚ romanticism provoked some of the most epic works of American literature. Notable Romantic authors such as James Fenimore Cooper utilized romantic characteristics to develop plot or accentuate the strength of the protagonist. His credibility as a successful romantic author stems from his use of certain romantic characteristics to advance his plot and themes. Nathaniel Hawthorne continues this tradition
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Garden State and the Uses of Recreational Drugs Andrew Largeman is a dysfunctional character from Garden State. Largeman‚ who hasn’t seen his family and friends in years‚ comes home due to the passing of his mother. This gives Andrew the time to see all of his friends who he has forgotten about. Largeman goes through life changing events by meeting the girl of his dreams and what the effects are if you do drugs for recreational purposes. The movie Garden State shows how the effects of long-term
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