Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
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- Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden. Experience a breathtaking journey through some of the most exquisite gardens in the world. Renowned for their beauty, Japanese gardens have been retreats for people to rediscover the natural world for more than 1,000 years. Dream Window reveals the secrets of both classical and contemporary Japanese gardens, including the legendary Moss Temple of Saiho-ji, Shugaku-in and Katsura Imperial Villas, and Sogetsu Hall. Prominent Japanese personalities add commentary, shedding light on the role of gardens in Japanese society today. (I first saw this beautiful documentary over 20 years ago on my local PBS station and was very happy to be able to find it again. Please enjoy the film!)
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Thank you ❤
In Zen we don't look outside for God or Buddha, they are within us. Where we live is the Buddha's realm. The world of the gods. That's why it must be clean and beautiful. Why we work to keep it from getting soiled. We think of this world as the Buddha's realm. Paradise is where we live so we clean it and keep it beautiful. This is the most important principle. That's why we tend our gardens so carefully and treat them with such artistry.
Yuri thanks!
You should use quotes ("...") around the words spoken or written by someone other than yourself, so that people know you're not trying to take credit yourself.
Just pointing this out, in case you weren't aware of that.
I've come back to this film so many times. So peaceful and beautiful. I'm so glad it's available here at CZcams!
One of my favourite documentaries of all time.
If you feel stressed, watch this and BREATHE- it will have you feeling better in no time (and try to meditate- that helps too and watching this excellent documentary is a form of meditation. Best Wishes to everyone.
I do the same when I feel stressed -- and it really works. It's the mix between the relaxing nature pictures, slow speaking and the stimulating music which create this mood. There's also so much wisdom in the words. You just listen, think "Ahhh" and nod. This documentary is my musō.
This is a treasure I come back to often, as many others have shared. The section starting at 9:32, with Takemitsu's sublime music, brings tears to my eyes.
My God, the evening scene at Ryoan-ji with the sound of the frogs and cicadas...is beyond words.
I’m awed and inspired.
Dream Window is a beautiful, slow-paced film about Japanese Gardens - with all your favorites: Tenryū-ji, Saiho-ji, Ryoan-ji, Katsura Imperial Villa, and Shugaku-in Rikyu and many more. Many Japanese artists comment on their relationship and philosophy towards Japanese Gardens.
It is hard to believe it that something so pristine,and beautiful can still exists on this planet!?
Watching this is pure pleasure. Thankyou.
This was made 25 years ago -- beautiful
it is like the japanese- ageless.
Rained out on a Saturday's work in the garden. Found this video and had a great morning anyway! Thanks!
What a wonderful surprise. The music here is beautiful, brainy; and for me inspiring.
I was in Kyoto this March. I've been to many gardens mentioned in this video. I like Shugaku-In the most. And Saiho-Ji (Moss garden) is no.2 in my list. No doubt the video is beautiful. But you have to be there, then you can be truly touched by the atmosphere & the spirit of the Nature. I still feel thrilled now by watching this video In fact, I've studied more of Japanese Garden after I come back from Kyoto 3 months ago.
Great video. It was first aired on PBS . Thank you for the post .
hopefully this can be remastered and digitized to HD. beautiful film. very relaxing to the soul
Beautiful, thanks for sharing🙏
I love Japanese Gardens and often blog about them. Beautiful video as to why everyone should consider a Japanese garden feature!
very beautiful and loved
This was enjoyable thank you 💕💕
Sehr entspannend...gerade so, als träumte man!
Superbe Film ! Merci beaucoup. Christian-Yves (France)
I have five acres of mountain woodland I call a food forest, but for my heart it is a Zen garden.
It does produce a wealth of pine nuts.
Amazing... REAL MUSIC in one of these great documentaries! Takemitsu was a real master - not the usual drone student music that populates most of these types of videos.
The quality and content in this doco just blows most other documentaries out of the water. A lot of effort was put in at every stage and it shows in the brilliant production values.
As weird as it sounds but I could of sworn I heard Takemitsu in other PBS Documentaries, still a sound that sticks, Beautiful and haunting like a beautiful dream.
Roberto, thank you for your comment about the music of DREAM WINDOW. As the writer and one of the producers of the film, I am grateful to you for noticing the importance of the music. Takemitsu was a very close friend, and his contributions are absolutely integral to this film. I just found your comment on CZcams. Thank you for paying such close attention: you must be a musician yourself...
Hello Peter,
Yes, I am a musician - I was the 10th grand prize winner of the Takemitsu Prize in Tokyo. Thanks for making this great film.
Roberto Toscano is it possible to find the music of dream window somewhere online?
Such exquisite beauty as befits one of Muso Soseki's works, Dream Conversations.
28:20 :
In my hand I hold the bowel of tea
I see all the nature represented in green color
close my eyes
I found green mountain and pure water in my heart
silently drinking
I feel it become part of me
Heh, heh...I think you meant "bowl" of tea. Quite a different meaning in the English language!
Wow! Super well done. empty space
Can anyone recommend more documentaries like this one
Takemitsu my favourite composer
Brilliant ...😍 Creative A Masterpiece
"The sounds of the stream splash out the Buddha's sermon. Don't say that the deepest meaning comes only from one's mouth. Day and night, 80,000 poems arise one after the other and, in fact, not a single word has ever been spoken."
Beautiful, Ryan. Thank you x.
Think of all the silent poems uttered by those gurgling carp
Does anyone know what the pieces of music that play throughout are? They're by Takemitsu but I'm trying to find the titles.
Can anyone find the names to some of the music featured here especially the last one
Great video! :)
Nice Like from Croatia 🙋
Here & now
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Perfect. Thanks for little dialogue.
Divine
The gardens are amazing, out of this chaotic world, it's like travelling back in time.
Just wondering why I can't see any birds there 🤔
18:55 Principles of Zen Buddhism.
Plenty of ASMR 😌
80 , 000 peoms rise every night and not a single word has been spoken....
18:55 to the end of the statement.
Subarashi..............
Hello can I publish your video after converting it in Hindi language plz
Sure. It would be great to have the video published in another language.
Could someone tell me why Japanese garden designers have such an aversion to flowers? The only flower you'll ever see is Sakura.
Personally, I would love to have a garden, a bit like English and Japanese gardens (I really hate French ones) and make sure that every month, where possible that there's something blossoming or bearing fruit. I'm not talking about the most ornate flowers, or creating beds of flowers, but having them sprinkled in, like in a natural grass landscape (which would get me sued in many places, because a) they got rules on how long grass is allowed to grow in gardens, and b) if I let a weed grow, it's even worse...)
Good point, no flowers in Japanese gardens, but there are shrubs that sometime bloom. And you know of course that flowers in Japan have their own art and practice, ikebana. My take though is that it would distract from the very deep philosophical tenets upon which Japanese gardens are designed. Just a tentative thought.
A joy to watch. I love everything about Japanese gardens except for the sand raking. The raked sand is just so ugly and such a waste of space. Its too orderly and unforgiving. If a squirrel runs across it the whole thing is ruined. The look-dont-touchness of it all makes me anxious rather than peaceful.
@@Liliquan then why display it?
@@Liliquan then it’s consumption and not practice?
@@Liliquan wow how do you tell the difference?