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advaitin , " Ram Chandran " <RamChandran@a...>

wrote:

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>

> Namaste:

>

> It is my understanding that Christmas stands for the " Birthday of

> Christ. " Christ stands for God. In Sanskrit, 'Ishwara' stands

for

> God and 'Jayanthi' stands for Birthday.

>

> For example, KrishnaJayanthi stands for Krishna's birthday.

>

> Given these facts, I believe that " IshwaraJayanthi " would fit well

> with Christmas.

>

> One of the potential name for the party is " Blissful Retreat! "

> Ananda stands for Bliss and Retreat is preferable instead of

calling

> it as a party. A good Sanskrit Substitute for Retreat

> is " SatSangh. " Satsangh stands for meeting of spiritual seekers

in

> search of Truth.

>

> Warmest regards and wish you Happy Holidays!

>

> Ram Chandran

>

> advaitin , HENRY ALZAMORA <aparokshdo>

> wrote:

 

Namaste R,

 

Christ-Mass or the Mass of Christ, as an anniversay celebration for

Jesus' birthday. The Mass is an ancient Sacrifice of Bread and Wine,

from Jesus' Last Supper and is the same as the Essenic Holy Meal.

The Zoarastrians have something similar as well. (Parsees).Except

the Essenses used a 'Must' or non alcoholic wine. The Mass is said

daily on all days of the year at least once. Many feasts have a name

like Michaelmass, etc. Jesus blessed the bread and wine and

said, 'This is my body and this is my blood, do this in

commemoration of me'. He of course was speaking as the 'Universal',

which at some levels people don't fully appreciate.

 

Jesus was the man who became the 'Christ', or Mukta. It is said that

the Greek Christos is a cognitive with the Sanskrit Krista which is

another name for Krishna and roughly means the same thing.

 

So to translate into Indic terms I would call it a combination of a

Bhajan, and a Puja........Yeshujayanti or Issajanma would be

suitable...............ONS....Tony.