This month's questions:

• Buddhist practice places an emphasis on ones own training, but how can this help when faced with all the very real problems in the world such as war, environmental catastrophes, injustice etc.?
• As a Buddhist should I celebrate Christmas?

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In this podcast:

• The problem of 'Right View' and the Wisdom pillar.
• Ananda becomes and arhat.
• The story of The Wooden Sword - Karma and the butterfly wing.
• Buddhism as a traveling religion and how it relates to indigenous faiths.
• A season of goodwill and the Four Brahma Viharas