The origin of Zen gardens landscape designs has its base in Japan. Basically the warriors of Japanese samurai, that were the followers of Zen Buddhism, perfected the art of Zen gardens landscape designs. They thought that by leading a straightforward and humble life they may accomplish their means to enlightenment. The gardening talents of Zen priests were really developed and thus they established Zen garden landscape designs, which corresponds with their humility and also shows the power which nature possesses. Yin and Yang are the two essentials of virtually any Zen garden. Yin and Yang are thought to be gratuitous forces and either Yin or Yang is always present in each and every element of Zen gardens. The greatest challenge in generating a Zen garden is to generate a balance between Yin and Yang. The necessary 5 elements of a Zen garden landscape designs are space, plant, water, sand, and stones.