What To Say When Wishing Folks a Festive Atmosphere During the Holidays...
Given the various spiritual paths folks travel on the question, what is an appropriate greeting comes to mind. As a convert to Buddhism a year and a half ago this question has crossed my mind on multiple occasions. So i went to surfing the net and came across the following article. It makes lots of sense so i lifted it to post here. It was written in 2014. How Should a Buddhist Respond to “Merry Christmas”? For those of us who have formally taken refuge and changed our religious affiliation to Buddhism, the end of the year holiday season can pose some interesting challenges—one of which being, what to say in response to the myriad wishes of “Merry Christmas” that are bestowed upon us during the season. Naturally, each individual takes his or her own journey as they wrestle with this one. I thought I’d briefly share mine. Initially, I recall, it became very clear to me the first Christmas season after I took refuge that people who were wishing me a Merry Christmas had n...