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title: No Ajahn Chah《179》
description: "《179》耶誕節到了，西方僧侶們于是決定要慶祝一番。他們邀請了阿姜 查和一些在家信徒來共襄盛舉。這些在家信徒都非常生氣，而且難以置信。他們問，為何佛教徒在慶祝耶誕節呢？阿姜 查于是給了一篇關于宗教的開示，他說：「只要我們了解基督教教導人們去"
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《179》耶誕節到了，西方僧侶們于是決定要慶祝一番。他們邀請了阿姜 查和一些在家信徒來共襄盛舉。這些在家信徒都非常生氣，而且難以置信。他們問，為何佛教徒在慶祝耶誕節呢？阿姜 查于是給了一篇關于宗教的開示，他說：「只要我們了解基督教教導人們去為善、棄惡，跟佛教一樣，那問題在哪里呢？不過，有人因為慶祝耶誕節的主意而不快樂，我們可以改善呀！我們不叫它耶誕節，而稱它做「耶佛節」。任何啟發我們，使我們看到真相，並教我們為善，就是正確的修行。只要你滿意，給它什麼名字都可以。」

It was Christmas and the foreign monks had decided to celebrate it. They invited some laypeople as well as Ajahn Chah to join them. The laypeople were generally upset and skeptical. Why, they asked, were Buddhists celebrating Christmas? Ajahn Chah then gave a talk on religion in which he said, "As far as I understand, Christianity teaches people to do good and avoid evil, just as Buddhism does, so what is the problem? However, if people are upset by the idea of celebrating Christmas, that can be easily remedied. We won』t call it Christmas. Let』s call it 『Christ-Buddhamas』. Anything that inspires us to see what is true and do what is good is proper practice. You may call it any name you like."