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In a Japanese Garden [Hardcover]

Charmaine Aserappa (Author), Akiko Naomura (Author)
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It begins with a wish and a waking dream: A city dweller laments her confined and hectic life, then sleeps and awakens to find the elements of a serene, traditional Japanese garden mirrored in a rain puddle and other objects on the rooftop outside her window.

Illustrated with original woodcuts, this wise and charming desiderata walks us through the traditional elements of a Japanese garden--pebble, lantern, leaf, butterfly--and illuminates, simply and gently, the wisdom and generosity in each. ("Be the pebble. Let time shape and smooth you.... Be the gardener. Create order.... Be the rain. Wash away, cleanse, forgive.... Be the moon. Shine through the dark.")

Accessible to both Eastern and Western sensibilities, this elegant and inspiring book is a testament to harmony, and to the Buddhist acceptance of nature and flow. Zen teaching tale and hymn to nature, "In a Japanese Garden" celebrates the gifts of serenity and joy embodied in a simple garden and available at any time, deep within ourselves.

About the Author

CHARMAINE ASERAPPA, daughter of an English mother and a Sri Lankan father, was born and educated in India, where she won prizes for writing and art.

She worked in fine book publishing and research in Toronto, New York and London, volunteered in her church and community and is a mother. "In a Japanese Garden" was launched in a Zen garden which she designed.

A dedicated Christian, she gave the Advent Address at the Episcopal Church at Yale University.

She is currently writing other books, including novels and plays.

AKIKO NAOMURA, a human service worker in New York City, comes from Fukuoka City, Japan. Her fine-art lithographs of her Greenwich Village neighborhood have been exhibited in Japan. Akiko handmade the woodcuts for "In a Japanese Garden" by a traditional method, carving the images into blocks of pine, which where then inked and printed onto rice paper.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Be the path. Open the way for another", Oct 11 2001
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"In a Japanese Garden" is a delightful book with many thoughts that inspire us to look within, find the peace, the inner garden, and reflect that perfect place out to the world. After buying my own copy I have also given it as a gift and will again in the future. If you will allow me to "be the path," I encourage you to walk through this little garden again and again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a reading meditation, Mar 22 2000
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This review is from: In a Japanese Garden (Hardcover)
A lovely little book; reading it is like a meditation. The woodcut art suits the Zen simplicity of the text well. After getting my own copy, I was inspired to give it as a gift to several friends (and will to several more). It's a nice reminder that you can find peace wherever you are.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a reading meditation, Mar 22 2000
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This review is from: In a Japanese Garden (Hardcover)
A lovely little book; reading it is like a meditation. The woodcut art suits the Zen simplicity of the text well. After getting my own copy, I was inspired to give it as a gift to several friends (and will to several more). It's a nice reminder that you can find peace wherever you are.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "Be the path. Open the way for another", Oct 11 2001
By naia - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In a Japanese Garden (Hardcover)
"In a Japanese Garden" is a delightful book with many thoughts that inspire us to look within, find the peace, the inner garden, and reflect that perfect place out to the world. After buying my own copy I have also given it as a gift and will again in the future. If you will allow me to "be the path," I encourage you to walk through this little garden again and again.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for everyone, Sep 19 2008
By Sam Anderson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In a Japanese Garden (Hardcover)
This book is a must have for everyone. The words take you in, the intricate woodcuts are beautiful and together they deliver peace. I am the director of a Montessori school and I purchased 6 books, one for each classroom. The teachers were so excited and the children just love them.
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