Medgya wrote:
> On Feb 19, 4:33 pm, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> but then I noticed you wanted tatami etc. I have access to several
>> nice tatami mat rooms looking onto a garden, and with a tea house etc,
>> but Okazaki is 300 kilometers from Tokyo.
> 
> Ah... I know. There are lots of good places near here, too. It's going
> to be a presentation on some Buddhist topics, so I thought a
> traditional setting would be more appropriate. No way to beam your tea
> house over, I guess?

As Ikoma-sensei, the former abbot of Ikegami Honmonji liked to say to 
people who thought Buddhism was location specific "Some of the ten 
thousand roads that lead to the Buddha pass through places where there 
are no trees, no grass, and very little water.  But they arrive at the 
same place as the others if you stay on them."

-- 
CL