How To Make a Zen Rock Circle

[Gikowolf]

I'm definatlly going to make my own rock garden!

[michellesaikidolife]

My problem..I'd always want to sit in the middle of the darn thing

[blackmoon9242]

i dont care what all you tasteless people say. I think that they are absolutly beautiful

[TheCertifiedAsian]

Why can't a tiny bit of simple beauty influence these comments?

[tsolifoqqyptuecy6574]

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[Trickmaster180]

Thanks!

[Boms501]

I realllly wanna make a small zen garden in my backyard or something...

[samtifify]

This is beautiful.

[MarlasanLovesCake]

I get that this is zen but why do circles? Does it represent something? No disrespect what so ever i just wanted to know how it got started and why?

[yogagarden]

@MarlasanLovesCake You can make any shape you want, squares are also popular. But in zen the circle has a special significance because it represents completeness. The idea being that we are already complete and enlightened if we could only wake up to that reality.

[Pooderipup]

Domo Arigato for this presentation.

[SIMul8rReviews]

i dont see the point in a zen garden..

[yogagarden]

@SIMul8rReviews better to make a pixel garden in the Sims?

[SIMul8rReviews]

@yogagarden No reason to be sarcastic. It was an opinion, so excuse me for freedom of speech.

[timar03]

@yogagarden with that answer you are saying that it has no benefits at all it is just for fun and for people who like gardens generaly.

since i dont like gardens at all, and this is only for people who like gardens, a zen garden would be useless to me.

[yogagarden]

@timar03 Zen is useless too.

[buddyclubs]

@yogagarden Japanese people are sensitive, Zen gardens feed the mind, heart and sole, it makes living

full of imaginations! peace!

[baumliebhaber]

@yogagarden for me one of the very nice points of practicing zen is that its not useless or pointless ,..its (for me) an art of creating and destroying ,like stacking stones or balance them .

im shure somekids will passby afew hours later and they destroy what i made there(just for fun)

butthats the verry defined point ..its here just for the moment the kids are part ofit

and ifu can manage to get this point ,this one moment between creating and destroying while just doingnothing then u get it

[XioMarie]

@SIMul8rReviews "Dry landscape (garden); dry garden. A garden style unique to Japan, which appeared in the Muromachi period (1392-1568). Using neither ponds nor streams, it makes symbolic representations of natural landscapes using stone arrangements, white sand, moss and pruned trees. In Sakuteiki (a garden book with notes on garden making: see the notes) of the Heian period (794-1185), the term indicated a stone arrangement in a part of the garden without water".

[SIMul8rReviews]

@XioMarie thank you, this was what i was looking for :)

[SatoTM2]

@SIMul8rReviews yeah but your american, you dont get anything, its normal

[SIMul8rReviews]

@SatoTM2 Umm... thanks?

[chaseantarctica]

@SatoTM2 actually americans invented the internet, and PC's, so you're welcome.

[SatoTM3]

@chaseantarctica actually the first computers were british

and the first networks too

so you're welcome fatty =)

[chaseantarctica]

@SatoTM3 yeah unfortunately they were useless garbage. we also have toothbrushes in America!!!1

[SatoTM3]

@chaseantarctica and your saying we dont?

oh i see how it is =p you just 'know' things about countries that u see on tv

like french hairy armpits, while the french are actually 4 times cleaner than americans

or that germans are evil, while america has done more monstrous things than nazis and murdered children and making concentration camps

actually great brittain has better dental care than the usa =3 beat that fattso

go eat a mcburger =3 or read a book

because obviously u dont know shit

[municsscareme]

@SIMul8rReviews its ment to be a calming experience and they look cool

[SurvivingOklahoma]

@SIMul8rReviews It's just for looks.

[SurvivingOklahoma]

@SIMul8rReviews It's just for looks. And doing it is relaxing!

[jasonfish07]

this vid and others like it have inspired me to convert my yards. cheers oh and i like the "'to do something with mindfullness"' part!

[euch27]

What does the circle symbolize?

[jap71646]

dzam. I want to do this. I have wanted to have one of these since I was a young teen. I need to do it already. dang old

[yogagarden]

@jap71646 live your dreams you ain't gonna be around forever!

[jazzmanendin]

i have not so much money and by this moment i can not to build a rock garden and this is a very nice answer to my problem and i can hae something like this in my home but alittle small than this one cuz i live on a little house

[veggiebiker]

and in my garden the cats would dump in it!

[madnessdexter]

@veggiebiker especially if its sand instead of rocks.. theyll all be like oh sweet a giant litter box

[t7g6s8]

then don't make your zen garden out of kitty litter.

[gumper5242]

Nice work. I know that if I was to do this in my yard , within about 3 seconds , my dog would run through it. LOL...

[krelllabs]

How is the right grade of stone chosen?

[yogagarden]

The garden centers in Japan have whole sections with different colors and smoothness. The granularity will effect the coolness of the design, Generally, smaller finer stones will look warmer than larger stones.

[superstatic27]

Awesome! sorta like crop circles...

[Unityspirit50]

now all is needed is flower seeds.. be pretty

[UFOIST]

I saw no thing in that................

[Unityspirit50]

well thats because you are looking with your eyes not your spirit

[Redshift21]

I'd love to know the name of this song and artist

[tkbomber]

@Redshift21 SEIJIN NOBORIKAWA Iwai Bushi

[Redshift21]

@tkbomber thank you : )

[aacevedo8786]

NOw all I need is a million dollars to buy a japanese home... Awesome place by the way I wish I lived there.

[yogagarden]

This is a Soto Zen Temple from a few hundred years ago. They don't make them like this anymore!

[UcanbeGOD]

I want to gather an elite team of rock garden experts to go around at night and do this to peoples drive ways LOL.

[JackHighlander]

@UcanbeGOD are you a pronoia fan?

[NicnakKH2Fan]

Strangely enough, this vid was very relaxing. What is the song called?

[yogagarden]

I actually don't know much about this song except that it's okinawan but someone in the comments section attributed it to Noborikawa Seijin. I can't vouch for that but it's better than nothing!

[JQPRILL]

I don'nt see the piont in makeing a circale like that (no affence).

[yogagarden]

Ha ha, you're absolutely right, there's no point at all!

You've gotten to the heart of Zen there, friend.

[Redshift21]

LoL...... how very true

[elnetini]

That was better than I thought actually. Thanks.

[Calamaistr]

very relaxing :) favorited.

[UFOIST]

What a wonderful video. Thanks yogagarden, this is going to my favourites collection!!!

[plathhs]

If I'm not mistaken the music is Okinawan. It sounds a lot like Noborikawa Seijin on sanshin, but I'm not really sure.

[beanzie141]

that was really relaxing.

thanks

[hejtack]

It's japanese beauty! I looove it. just lines,but simple is best.

[jb1552]

Is there a certain type of rock that is normally used in rock gardens?

[yogagarden]

There's no rule on this, some gardens especially around Kyoto use a large grained sand (suna), and others use gravel (jari). This garden had rough medium sized stone (maybe limestone?) White stones emphasize purity, while gray, brown, or black focus on tranquility. Check out the book The Art of the Japanese Garden by David and Michiko young for more!

[jb1552]

Hey thanx. :-)

[jbfiddler]

Nice Zen garden! May i ask a question please?I would like to know how to lay down the rock without having this "nut grass" grow up into it? Maybe this weed is just in this region where i live. I used weed block but that didn't work and i even sprayed weed killer before i layed down the rock. I've tried several attempts with having to remove the rock from the garden and start over with the same results. Just curious, Thanks! Jeff

[yogagarden]

I'd have to see a picture, but it sounds like the weeds are coming in from "outside" the rock garden, carried on the wind. Do you have a lot of wild vegetation near the garden? If that's the case there's not much you can do short of building a courtyard around the garden. Daily, mindful weeding can be really great though!

[jbfiddler]

I used turkey gravel grit, i believe that's the name of it. I picked up several size of the gravel at a feed store.

[gwendolynbell]

Oh! I love how Renfield is the Master now! I knew him back when he was just learning to brandish a sword. :) Seriously, great tune, nice guys and rocks. What more could you want in a video?? Even if you don't have a rock garden, you can at least carry around a few rocks and do a meditation like TNH suggests every now and then. It's simple and good for you. Thanks, P!

[fraumaulwurf]

Thanks!

[norriszd]

I do enjoy the video... Unfortunately it just reminds me of being stationed in 29 Palms California. They used to make us rake the desert when there was nothing else to do. Wait a minute... were they trying to teach me to be mindful ?