Japan 2
Wai was quite in his element as theystrolled the gardens of Kyoto. As he promised, a lesson inpolitics, philosophy and s*x all contained in the extraordinaryConfucian gardens of the old high court. Doc could not have beenmore delighted.
“Why so many gardens?” heasked.
“Each a way of expressingto the court, and the nation, that beauty is only found when everyblade of grass thrives, but knows its place and contributes to thegreater harmony.”
“And the rocks?”
“The garden is a work ofphilosophy. This makes them different from European gardens. Theyare a way of communicating the harmony of being. These rocks aremeant to cause us to pause and ponder; leaving with a renewedcommitment to serving in communion with nature and eachother.” Wai’s devotion to Confucian ideals was in fulldis
