A BuddhistDoor item titled “Discovering Oneself in Woodland Solitude”reflects on the German concept of waldeinsamkeit, a term meaning solitude without loneliness or alienation while i woodland. The article reflects on how this feeling of reassuring solitude is evoked in natural settings such as forests. This article pairs well with the many current discussions of the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku or forest-bathing.
URL: https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhistdoor-view-discovering-oneself-in-woodland-solitude