Is it ok to create a zen garden in an area of my backyard?

[SonCatcher]

Is stretching as controversial a subject as landscaping around here?

Probably more so, since more people exercise than garden.

The only controversy is around the non-Christian meditative techniques that share an origin with the stretching (for yoga) or landscaping (for the zen garden). Some assert that by doing one, you are necessarily doing the other. Others maintain it is possible to keep the practices separate or even merge Christian spirituality instead.

 

[Splagchnizomai]

Is stretching as controversial a subject as landscaping around here?

Add shorts to that and you’ll have an epic thread.

“Is it okay to attend Mass in my yoga shorts after landscaping?”

 

[Lamafacaja]

If you’re Catholic, and you don’t have a Mary Garden already, then you might want to consider a Mary Garden instead. I’m sure it would please Our Lord if you built a garden in His mother’s honor. You’ll receive graces from that. Give the Garden an oriental flair, then put the statue of Our Lady in the center.

 

[Micorhizea]

The question may sound funny ,but I know that" zen" may have the wrong connotations. I love peaceful looking gardens.How can I have a zen garden and not worry, since if I did have reasons for worrying, It would defeat the purpose?

Is not and did not God create Beauty? So what if someone calls it “Zen” because they speak another language???

 

[tomarin]

Add shorts to that and you’ll have an epic thread.

“Is it okay to attend Mass in my yoga shorts after landscaping?”

That’s where I personally draw the line, actually, for reasons of propriety and hygiene.

 

[SonCatcher]

Is not and did not God create Beauty? So what if someone calls it “Zen” because they speak another language???

Indeed. Catholics in Arabic-speaking countries call God “Allah.”

 

[ProVobis]

Add shorts to that and you’ll have an epic thread.

“Is it okay to attend Mass in my yoga shorts after landscaping?”

Or reading or listening to Confucius jokes?