Meg/join the herd

[Guest guest]

LOL, well, the odd sheep in the family is just the place to be. It causes people

to look, see, and sometimes even grow. Being a Jewish Buddhist, vegan, and a

homeschooler made us stand out. Being an American Buddhist I hadn't heard of

Kathina day so went and looked it up...so see, your oddities educated someone

today. <grinning> A Kathina celebration here would be most appropriate as it

rains all of the time, however, it would be at the wrong time of the year since

Oct is when our rains start and don't end until May.

linda

 

" Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do

it. "

Mohandas Gandhi

 

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Meg

 

 

Kathina day (actually, that was in Nov this year) and we do a low key

non-religious christmas. basically we do what we treasured from our

childhoods and get together with family, all of whom celebrate a

christian christmas. we put up a tree and lights outside, get some

presents for the kids, etc. We dont take them to see santa claus or

anything like that. This year we decided to send out peace cards

instead of the typical holiday cards we usually send. We put a quote

from the Dalai Lama on it " For as long as space endures and for as long

as living beings remain, Until then may I too abide to dispel the misery

of the world. " We're already seen as the black sheep of the family for

not being christian, not eating meat and homeschooling, this card surely

put us on the weirdo list with everyone else

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Kathina day varies amongst sects, but we celebrated in early Nov since

the temple near us is Thai, that's when they did it thus that's when we

did it.

8 months of rain, eh?

 

Meg

 

linda wrote:

 

> LOL, well, the odd sheep in the family is just the place to be. It

> causes people to look, see, and sometimes even grow. Being a Jewish

> Buddhist, vegan, and a homeschooler made us stand out. Being an

> American Buddhist I hadn't heard of Kathina day so went and looked it

> up...so see, your oddities educated someone today. <grinning> A

> Kathina celebration here would be most appropriate as it rains all of

> the time, however, it would be at the wrong time of the year since Oct

> is when our rains start and don't end until May.

> linda

>

> " Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that

> you do it. "

> Mohandas Gandhi