Daisen-in, a Japanese Garden

by Jenny Feuerpeil

Do you want to experience Zen Buddhist philosophy first hand and meet a Zen priest that makes you laugh? Do you want to find out where key persons of the Japanese history have lived and worked? Daitoku-ji and its sub-temple Daisen-in are the places to go. Here, the influential tea master Sen no Rikyu underwent strict Zen training in his early years and, as an accomplished tea master, held tea ceremonies for the Shogun under the roof of Daisen-in.

9 pages, ebook