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It was
soon decided that the temporary Buddha Shrine should be replaced by a suitable
permanent structure and that a Japanese Zen garden, together with a viewing
shelter, should be created as a focus for contemplation and meditation.
The resulting, magnificent walnut Shrine and gilded Kohai were designed
and commissioned from English craftsmen and in the summer of 1995, following
prolonged searches for the stones that would be needed, work on the construction
of the garden was begun.
The actual clearing of the site and the creation of the garden, with its
twelve varied rocks, as a symbol of 'Harmony within Diversity', uncontaminated
by any discrimination on grounds of nationality, race or religion, was the
fruit of selfless cooperation between innumerable men and women, young and
old, from Japan and the UK alike. As a result of their efforts, the ceremonial
inauguration of the Buddha Shrine and the Zen garden took place on 29th
June 1997.
A witness to the growing list of activities and to the spiritual force of
Three Wheels is the fact that every year more than three thousand visits
are recorded. It is, however, the quality, rather than the quantity, of
the spiritual encounters which take place that is the true measure of success.
At Three Wheels this is never forgotten.
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