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Zen Gardens: Philological and Philosophical Analysis of the "Meditation Gardens"

Zen (Japanese) = Chan (Chinese) = Dhyan (Sanskrit)

One of the most widely cited papers by Lynn White, Jr. mentions Japanese Zen Gardens and their influence on European Gardens:
The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis Lynn White. 1967. Science 155: 1203-1207
https://www.cmu.ca/faculty/gmatties/lynnwhiterootsofcrisis.pdf

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