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The Zen garden is a synthesis of the foundations of the tradition that tends toward lightness. Of all the variants of Buddhism, Zen is among the best known and most popular. In the cultures of the West, this may be because Zen Buddhism has been one of few traditions of Eastern thought introduced to the West by distinguished personalities. These include Alan Watts and, from another perspective, the composer John Cage, among others.In theory, we may think that the current of Buddhism won wide acclaim because many in the West were attracted to Zen's tendency towards the minimal. Other religious traditions are characterized by the complexity of their rules and rituals, by the magnificence of their celebrations and the solemnity of the practices associated with the faith. Zen Buddhism runs counter to all of these and its potential complexity lies elsewhere. In fact, one could say that Zen is complex, but not variegated. Its foundations and its objectives can seem entirely inaccessible at first. And perhaps for this reas

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