Mindfulness in the Garden: Zen Tools for Digging in the Dirt

By: Zachiah Murray

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Synopsis: Mindfulness in the Garden offers simple mindfulness verses (gathas) composed to connect the mind and body and to bring the reader/gardener&’s awareness to the details of the present moment as they work in the garden. These gathas are signposts leading to nature, to the present, and ultimately to one&’s self through the love and understanding they evoke. The gathas offered with each gardening activity serves to water the seeds of mindfulness within us, and to soften and prepare the ground for our ability to be present.Mindfulness in the Garden values weeds as important messengers seeking to bring into close communion our spiritual nature with that of the environment. It likens spiritual practice to cultivating a garden and inspires each person to accept themselves and start where they are, weeds and all. Through the practice of mindful gardening, we invite not only the thriving of the natural world but also the flowering and beauty of the pure land of our true self to emerge.Features black and white botanical illustrations throughout.Foreword by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, author of Present Moment, Wonderful MomentNew Afterword by Mick McEvoy, manager of Plum Village Happy Farm in France

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 160 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780938077824
Related ISBNs:: 9780938077527, 9781937006150
Publisher:: Parallax Press
Date of Addition:: 09/02/25
Copyrighted By:: Zachiah Murray
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Home and Garden, Religion and Spirituality, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:: Thich Nhat Hanh
Illustrated by:: Jason DeAntonis