Zen Garden --- Image by © Emely/Corbis
20 Nov 2005, Kyoto, Japan --- A mossy mound appears to be a green island surrounded by waves of gravel in the zen garden of Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. --- Image by © B.S.P.I./Corbis
15 Nov 2004, Kyoto, Japan --- Steppingstones and moss create a checkerboard pattern in the zen garden of the Hojo Abbot's Hall inside Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. --- Image by © B.S.P.I./Corbis
closeup of zen garden pebble detail on raked sand --- Image by © Nugene Chiang/AsiaPix/Corbis
Stack of coral on raked sand --- Image by © Laurence Mouton/ZenShui/Corbis
Pattern traced in sand, full frame --- Image by © Laurence Mouton/PhotoAlto/Corbis
UK --- Raked gravel in Zen garden, full frame --- Image by © 2/Liz Whitaker/Ocean/Corbis
Two stones and sand of a garden --- Image by © HIDEKI KUWAJIMA/amanaimages/Corbis
05 Dec 2013, Algeria --- Algeria, Sahara, Sand ripples, texture on a sand dune --- Image by © Egmont Strigl/Westend61/Corbis
05 Oct 2011, Kyoto, Japan --- Kyoto, Japan --- Image by © Aflo/Corbis
Pattern In Sand, Close-up --- Image by © Laurence Mouton/ZenShui/Corbis
08 Oct 2005, Kyoto, Japan --- Intricate patterns of pebbles, gravel, and moss inside the zen garden of Ryogen-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan. --- Image by © B.S.P.I./Corbis
Stones stacked on top of driftwood on raked sand --- Image by © Laurence Mouton/ZenShui/Corbis
Japan, Kyoto, Tofuku-ji, patterns in sand garden --- Image by © 13/Grant V. Faint/Ocean/Corbis
Garyo rock garden at the Gukeiji temple --- Image by © 2/Akira Kaede/Ocean/Corbis
Monaco --- Zen garden at japanese gardens; larvotto principality of monaco --- Image by © Carlos Sanchez Pereyra/Design Pics/Corbis
Japan - Kyoto - Deatil of a sand garden at the Ginkakuji Temple
Deatil of a sand garden at the Ginkakuji Temple Kyoto Japan Ginkaku-ji, known as the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," is a Buddhist temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. The official name is Jishō-ji ( "Temple of Shining Mercy"). It was built in 1474 by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who sought to emulate the golden Kinkaku-ji commissioned by his grandfather Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. The temple is part of the Shokoku-ji branch of Rinzai Zen.
Coral on Raked Sand, Close-Up --- Image by © Laurence Mouton/ZenShui/Corbis
Kyoto, Japan --- Stone Garden in Tofuku-Ji Temple --- Image by © Rudy Sulgan/Corbis
Japan - Kyoto - Detail of a sand garden at the Ryoanji Temple
Detail of a sand garden at the Ryoanji Temple Kyoto Japan Ryōan-ji is also known as The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon. It is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
01 Sep 2004 --- Plowed Ground --- Image by © Con Tanasiuk/Design Pics/Corbis
zen sand garden with rake --- Image by © Nugene Chiang/AsiaPix/Corbis
closeup of zen sand garden with rake --- Image by © Nugene Chiang/AsiaPix/Corbis
closeup of zen garden pebble detail on raked sand --- Image by © Nugene Chiang/AsiaPix/Corbis
Kyoto, Japan --- Stone Garden in Tenjuan Temple --- Image by © Rudy Sulgan/Corbis
Dark stone on rippled sand --- Image by © 145/Gregor Schuster/Ocean/Corbis
Japan, Kyoto, Tofukuji Temple, Raked Sand Pattern
A style pattern / sand --- Image by © SUSUMU AOYAMA/amanaimages/Corbis
Sand spirals
Zen Garden --- Image by © Angelo Cavalli/Corbis
Rocks on sand --- Image by © John Smith/Corbis
Coral on top of stone on raked sand --- Image by © Laurence Mouton/ZenShui/Corbis
Kyoto, Japan --- Stone Garden in Tofuku-Ji Temple --- Image by © Rudy Sulgan/Corbis
USA, California, Fairfax, Stacked stones in rock garden --- Image by © Vstock/Tetra Images/Corbis
USA, California, Fairfax, Stones in rock garden --- Image by © Vstock/Tetra Images/Corbis
Zen sand garden in a modern living space --- Image by © Scott Van Dyke/Beateworks/Corbis
Zen Garden With Pattern In Gravel, Close-up --- Image by © Laurence Mouton/ZenShui/Corbis
Monaco --- Zen garden at japanese gardens; larvotto principality of monaco --- Image by © Carlos Sanchez Pereyra/Design Pics/Corbis
The pattern and stone of sand --- Image by © R. CREATION/amanaimages/Corbis
Japan - Kyoto - Detail of a sand garden at the Ginkakuji Temple
Detail of a sand garden at the Ginkakuji Temple Kyoto Japan Ginkaku-ji, known as the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," is a Buddhist temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. The official name is Jishō-ji ( "Temple of Shining Mercy"). It was built in 1474 by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who sought to emulate the golden Kinkaku-ji commissioned by his grandfather Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. The temple is part of the Shokoku-ji branch of Rinzai Zen.