jw 1111 wrote:

> over the years i have met some pretty weird people who settle in japan. for 
> the most part they try to be intelligent, but the strange thing is that they 
> are generally completely ignorant about buddhism and the ways of thought 
> that underpins this very first step in understanding the japanese.  poor 
> fellows... their personalities very often become damaged over the years, by 
> the kind of attention they get from being geijins.   sigh

Curious. Are you saying that, unlike these "geijins" you sigh about, you 
yourself have in fact developed an understanding of Buddhism and the 
ways of thought that underpin an understanding of the Japanese?

Since you seem to be having little success in getting any useful 
information from people in this newsgroup, perhaps you wouldn't mind 
reposting your query in a Japanese-language forum? Because you evince 
very little understanding of Buddhism and the ways of thought that might 
engender a more fruitful response in this forum, and I would be 
intrigued to see how you perform in the milieu you seem to feel you are 
expert in.

John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com