In Searching for the Heart of a Sacred Space landscape architect and Vajrayana practitioner Dennis Winters travels to Japan and Tibet to discover the roots of Buddhist sacred spaces, gardens and geomancy.

The book’s three parts candidly reveal Winters’ path of transformation. His environmental activities and spiritual awakening lead to his design of a Tibetan Buddhist meditation centre, one of the first in North America. Fueled by his Cornell University mentor, and guidance from H. H. the Dalai Lama and Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, he questions, – “What is the truth of design? How deep would I go to draw inspiration? How deeply am I willing to know myself in order to design sacred landscape?”

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