{"id":451,"date":"2018-09-29T05:13:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T09:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2018-09-29T15:30:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T19:30:03","slug":"a-boston-reader-asks-where-in-boston-can-you-meditate-away-from-car-noise-but-not-have-to-pay-for-this-quiet-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/29\/a-boston-reader-asks-where-in-boston-can-you-meditate-away-from-car-noise-but-not-have-to-pay-for-this-quiet-space\/","title":{"rendered":"A reader asks: Where in Boston can you meditate away from car noise but not have to pay for this quiet space?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q. Where in Boston can you meditate away from car noise but not have to pay for this quiet space?<\/strong>
\n (via Quora)<\/small><\/p>\n

A: Try the Boston Museum of Fine Arts\u2019 free Japanese Garden, “Tenshin-en.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tenshin-en, or the \u201cGarden of the Heart of Heaven,\u201d is a contemplative Japanese garden designed so that “One may be in the midst of a city, and yet feel as if one were far away from the dust and din of civilization.”<\/p>\n

It’s free and open to the public, tucked behind the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on the side facing the Fenway: garden location<\/a>; garden description<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(via Quora) A: Try the Boston Museum of Fine Arts\u2019 free Japanese Garden, “Tenshin-en.” Tenshin-en, or the \u201cGarden of the Heart of Heaven,\u201d is a contemplative Japanese garden designed so that “One may be in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-reader-asks","category-around-boston"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-7h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1290,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/09\/a-reader-asks-what-should-can-i-do-during-a-4-hour-layover-in-boston\/","url_meta":{"origin":451,"position":0},"title":"A reader* asks: “What should\/can I do during a 4 hour layover in Boston?”","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2018-12-09","format":false,"excerpt":"A time-crunched visitor asks what to see in a quick tour of Boston.","rel":"","context":"In "A reader asks..."","block_context":{"text":"A reader asks...","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/category\/a-reader-asks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1273,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/08\/a-reader-asks-in-the-event-of-a-tsunami-in-boston-where-is-the-safest-place-to-drive\/","url_meta":{"origin":451,"position":1},"title":"A reader* asks: “In the event of a tsunami in Boston, where is the safest place to drive?”","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2018-12-08","format":false,"excerpt":"A reader wonders where to seek higher ground in and around Boston.","rel":"","context":"In "A reader asks..."","block_context":{"text":"A reader asks...","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/category\/a-reader-asks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1568,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/06\/a-reader-asks-how-bad-is-the-traffic-in-boston-ma\/","url_meta":{"origin":451,"position":2},"title":"A reader asks: “How bad is the traffic in Boston, MA?”","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2019-01-06","format":false,"excerpt":"As with any city, there are places and times when traffic is bad; and places and times when it's not. 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