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Bill Coaldrake: The garden in Japan is more a spiritual space than a religious space. It’s something that transcends any particular creed, doctrine, or place and time. It goes to the fundamental Japanese affinity with the natural world around them, and that’s true of all peoples, ultimately. The Japanese have managed to find a much more intricate and subtle way of representing that, and it is one that appeals universally today because of its apparent simplicity. They can create nature, which is artificial, and in so doing they can elevate the process of making gardens and experiencing gardens from religion, to something profoundly spiritual and universal.

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