You step around a bend at the end of the corridor, walk through a circular doorway, and find yourself standing at the edge of a meticulously grown meditation garden. Arching above your head, two flowering cherry trees form a perfect arch above you. A meandering walkway leads past several stone benches, lanterns, still ponds, running streams, bamboo groves, and ancient bonsai sculptures, ending in a living arbor of four Japanese maples, growing with interlinked branches.. The loudest sound to be heard is the gentle rustle of a breeze through the garden, leaving a feeling of tranquility that pervades the garden.