Buddha Beach (also known as Buddha’s Garden) is an area in the shadow of Cathedral Rock along Oak Creek in Sedona, Arizona. It is accessed via Cresent Moon Ranch which is managed by the Forest Service. As you exit the back of the park you will find a path that takes you along Oak Creek. As you walk down this peaceful path you will see people in the creek, people sitting in the shallow water or on the banks.
The photographs in this book are unique. As a result of fires the summer of 2014 and extreme storms, many of the rock cairns in this book were destroyed. In their place are new ones, but the cairns in this book mostly do not exist. I went back after the fires and storms and was saddened to see so many gone, yet heartened to see so many new and different ones in their place. Truly a living meditation garden of rocks.
Then you round a bend and see rock cairns, just a few to begin with. Then you see what appears to be a sentinel guarding the path.
Then you round a bend and see rock cairns, just a few to begin with. Then you see what appears to be a sentinel guarding the path.
When you head farther down the trail, you start to see more rock cairns, which here are called Buddhas.
As you look closer you will see the Buddhas are all unique, some are whimsical, some are complex. There are small ones and there are large ones, some you have no idea how they are balanced.
I invite you to enjoy this book filled with the rock Buddhas paired with quotes from Buddha. The first time I walked through the area it was what immediately came to my mind. Peace and serenity.
We are where we are supposed to be,
when we are supposed to be there.~Deborah Carney, 2012
