Achaan Cha’s response to Christmas Day
Taken from Doing December Differently - Book
contributor: Yann Lovelock (Wild Goose Publ)
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Achaan Cha’s response to Christmas Day
A Buddhist monk training in the Thai forest tradition once told me of the great
teacher Achaan Cha’s response to Christmas Day. At the time there were many Western monks in the monastery and he was forever having to restrain their zeal and bring them down to earth. Who knows what self-righteous or ambivalent thoughts were running through their minds as December 25th ran its course that day? When it came time for Achaan Cha to deliver his evening sermon, he spoke of ‘our
Buddhist Christmas’ which all should celebrate together...
Taken from Doing December Differently by Nicola Slee and Rosie Miles. Click here
A Buddhist monk training in the Thai forest tradition once told me of the great
teacher Achaan Cha’s response to Christmas Day. At the time there were many Western monks in the monastery and he was forever having to restrain their zeal and bring them down to earth. Who knows what self-righteous or ambivalent thoughts were running through their minds as December 25th ran its course that day? When it came time for Achaan Cha to deliver his evening sermon, he spoke of ‘our
Buddhist Christmas’ which all should celebrate together...
Taken from Doing December Differently by Nicola Slee and Rosie Miles. Click here
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