{"id":14903,"date":"2016-12-23T09:43:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=14903"},"modified":"2016-12-23T09:43:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T17:43:02","slug":"a-buddhist-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2016\/12\/a-buddhist-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"A Buddhist Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\nAmong the many interesting and sometimes weird things that has happened with the movement of Buddhism<\/a> into our Western cultures is how Christmas is dealt with by immigrant and convert Buddhists. Of course like most religions Buddhists have a midwinter celebration, Bodhi day or Rohatsu, observed in the solar calendar on the 8th of December. But, the proximity with and the ubiquitous nature of Christmas invites all sorts of things.<\/p>\n

Same? Different? Well, that has something to do with the eye of the beholder. And so we get reflections like those recently posted at Lion\u2019s Roar<\/a><\/p>\n

And so, how about a survey of video clips available on Youtube on the subject of \u201cBuddhist Christmas?\u201d Kind of says it all, I find. Sometimes sweet. Sometimes challenging. Sometimes way, way, weird\u2026<\/p>\n