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Christmas is not solely Christian; it highlights universal values of compassion and connection. Truth remains truth, whether taught by Jesus, the Buddha, or anyone else. If these traditions inspire ...

For the last 11 years, I’ve been a student of Korean Zen, and as an American Buddhist I’m not quite sure how to feel about Christmas. It’s not that I feel disloyal celebrating the holiday.

A Buddhist's Wishes on Christmas Day. By James Fallows. December 25, 2012. Share. Save. For two years in the late 1980s, when our children were little, our family lived in Malaysia.

Lately I’ve been doing a little reading and research in Buddhist literature and philosophy. At the core of Buddhist thought is the achievement of personal wisdom and the practice of ethical ...

Phillips came to Buddhism later in life and wondered how his experience differed from that of his two kids, now 13 and 17. “When I started taking my kids to a Shin Buddhist temple in Spokane, I ...

“My Buddhist Christmas,” by Spokane author Jeremy Phillips, is a coming-of-age-tale with a spiritual twist. Phillips came to Buddhism later in life and wondered how his experience differed ...

"Buddhism, like Christianity, has many sects, but none of us have disputes," said a Tibetan Buddhist surnamed Xu, who spent Christmas eve slaughtering pigs with several of the Catholic choir boys ...

Written by Cohen — a Jewish Buddhist — the song was first associated with Christmas in 2010, when Britain’s Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle included it on her 2010 holiday album, The Gift ...

While specific Buddhist Christmas celebrations are not common, that does not mean that the two traditions do not compliment one another. Rather, there is profound potential in applying the ...