{"id":367,"date":"2011-02-15T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/prophet-muhammad-birthday-buddha-nirvana-day.html"},"modified":"2011-02-15T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T13:00:00","slug":"prophet-muhammad-birthday-buddha-nirvana-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/prophet-muhammad-birthday-buddha-nirvana-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Prophet Muhammad’s Birth, Buddha’s Death Converge Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any Mu-Bu’s out there? (Muslim Buddhists<\/a>… Not quite as catchy as Bu-Jews<\/a> or Cashews<\/a>, but maybe I’ll start a trend here.) There’s twice as much reason for you to celebrate today: it’s the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday<\/a> as well as Nirvana Day, the commemoration of the Buddha’s death.<\/a><\/p>\n

In contrast to the usual “Chrismukkah” type stories that proliferate whenever the Abrahamic faiths have holiday convergences, I haven’t seen any stories or blog posts about this coincidence. But, maybe something will pop up from India later today. <\/p>\n

In the meantime, share your thoughts — and any recommended links — in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n

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Any Mu-Bu’s out there? (Muslim Buddhists… Not quite as catchy as Bu-Jews or Cashews, but maybe I’ll start a trend here.) There’s twice as much reason for you to celebrate today: it’s the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday as well as Nirvana Day, the commemoration of the Buddha’s death. 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