Merry Christmas everyone!

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Early greeting for me this year. I’m off to teach a retreat for the next ten days, so you won’t see me around here for a little.

Be happy, enjoy your time with your family, or without them. The end of the year is a time for letting go and reflecting, for letting the past be at peace so that the new can be born. Who knows what next year will bring?

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Merry Christmas, Bhante! May you be happy and well.

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Merry Christmas Bhante! Enjoy your screen-free retreat :smile:

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I once wished my friend a merry Christmas. He said, “A Buddhist wishes a Jew a merry Christmas”, is that the first line of a joke?

Anyway, yes, have a merry Christmas Ajahn!

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Merry Christmas and happy new year 2023! :pray: :slightly_smiling_face:

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Happy Buddhist Christmas to Everyone!!!

:anjal:

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Merry Christmas, Bhante! Have a peaceful retreat. :pray::pray::pray:

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Merry Christmas Bhante and everyone else. May you all be well and happy.

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One Christmas time about 8 years ago I was invited to be the guest speaker at a center that offered day activities for elderly Hindu immigrants. They called the special occasion a “Happy Birthday Jesus” celebration. So a Buddhist nun helped Hindu elders celebrate a Christian holiday!

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!!!Happy Festivus!!!

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Happy time, dear Bhante Sujato! Thank you so much for all your teachings, encouragement, shake ups … during the last year. What a blessing! Herzliche Grüße, Esther

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