Buddha yard statues in Puna

[TomK]

Punafish,

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The simplest way I can characterize the difference in religious attitudes, is that while Westerners worship a deity, Japanese worship beauty. If you don't believe me, go check out a Zen garden: Japanese nature-inspired aestheticism at its best.

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Not sure who you include as "westerners" but I include Europeans in that and think it's fair to say most Europeans don't believe in a deity. If you mean North America then that's a different argument.

Tom
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