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Christmas Koan
When is the Buddha not the Buddha?
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-koan.html
#Bodhidharma, #Buddha, #Chàn, #Christmas, #generosity, #hermitpractice, #Hotei, #koan, #monk, #SantaClaus, #Zen
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Christmas Koan
When is the Buddha not the Buddha?
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-koan.html
#Bodhidharma, #Buddha, #Chàn, #Christmas, #generosity, #hermitpractice, #Hotei, #koan, #monk, #SantaClaus, #Zen
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Christmas Koan
When is the Buddha not the Buddha?
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-koan.html
#Bodhidharma, #Buddha, #Chàn, #Christmas, #generosity, #hermitpractice, #Hotei, #koan, #monk, #SantaClaus, #Zen
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Christmas Koan
When is the Buddha not the Buddha?
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-koan.html
#Bodhidharma, #Buddha, #Chàn, #Christmas, #generosity, #hermitpractice, #Hotei, #koan, #monk, #SantaClaus, #Zen
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Although Santa has readily been embraced in Japan, there was another cheerful, big-bellied figure bringing cheer to children long before old Father Christmas arrived on these shores.
Hotei (布袋) was a Chinese monk that lived in the coastal district of Wuyue. After his death, around 917, he became a Buddhist saint and was eventually made one of the 'Seven Gods of Fortune' (七福神) in Japan.
He shares many similarities with old Father Christmas.
