Download or read book A House for Buddha written by Ross Parmenter and published by [Woodstock, N.B.] : Woodstock Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the author's pilgrimage that coincided with his "mid-life" crisis. Ishiteji, a Buddhist temple in Matsuyama on Sikoku is the focus of his three-month stay in Japan. He begins drawings of building that slowly unfold an understanding not only of Japanese ecclesiastical style, but also of the part nature plays in such architecture. At the same time the book bears witness to the author's changes from his Western pre-conceptions of the Japanese to developing deep friendships there.