It has long been true that Christmas is not just for Christians any more. Many people, of many different religious persuasions or of no persuasion at all, celebrate the day and the season ...

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 ...

Appearances, however, don’t tell the full story. Contrary to popular belief, many Buddhists do participate in the holiday season. Among Asian American Buddhists, three-quarters celebrate Christmas. On ...

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.

A predominantly Tibetan region in southwest China is home to one of the nation's few Catholic communities. Christmas for them is a raucous affair mixing Buddhist and Christian traditions.

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 ...

But only 28% of Buddhists in Malaysia and 20% in Singapore share this view. Buddhists in the region are generally more open to Buddhists celebrating Christmas. In almost all places surveyed, fewer ...

“To some students, Christmas decorations may spark excitement for the holiday season. For me, a second-generation immigrant who was raised Buddhist, they remind me of my complicated relationship with ...