Simran Agarwal is an assistant editor at the MARG Foundation. She recently completed her masters in arts and aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Her writing has been published by Garland Magazine and Scroll.in, among others.
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Why Indian Buddhism has gardens, not monasteries
Wishing trees, jewels, unfading flowers – what place do these sensual pleasures have in the ascetic life of Buddhist monks?
by Simran Agarwal