I like to wish people who aren't Christian "Merry Christmas" because everyone can celebrate it, to me it's a cultural holiday denuded of Christianity, it's a celebration of winter solstice, and just expressing joy in the shortest days of the year.
There are celebrations of Buddhamas and all sorts of ways Buddhists can celebrate. I'm going to meditate this morning, connect with my Buddhist friend, and somewhere along the way read some Dharma like I do every day. I will seek to be ethical and harm nobody, bring joy.
Happy Buddhamas! The one true religion is kludge and syncretism, where we smoosh it all together and try to make it work and make sense.
I remember as a child with family, getting presents, it's a good time. I have fond memories of December 25th. I hope my daughter and sons have good memories.
And when you dig into winter solstice, it's not that simple (Scientific American).
Shams was late, and a power outage meant it was delayed out connection. We talked about Taoism, and all kinds of stuff. He recently watched Seinfeld, and he sees his relationship with Amir, where Amir is George Costanza. He found Corner Gas to have too much dialogue, it was more of an English class for him.
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