Ullambana
Ullambana festival (yu lan pen) is celebrated on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar. The 7th lunar month is considered an important m…
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Lha Bab Düchen
Lha Bab Düchen in Tibetan translates as, ‘The Festival of the Descent from Heaven.’ We celebrate this great event on the 22nd day of the ninth mo…
Guru Rinpoche Day
In Tibetan Buddhism, we celebrate the 10th day of each lunar month as Guru Rinpoche Day. Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambhava is the Buddha who established …
Chökhor Düchen
On the auspicious day of the Chökhor Düchen Festival, we remember the Buddha’s first teaching. Traditionally, we refer to that event with the expr…
Saga Dawa Düchen
Saga Dawa Düchen, the 'Festival of Vaishakha', is one of the four major Buddhist holidays. It occurs on the full moon (the 15th day) of the fourth T…
Saga Dawa
Saga Dawa (Sanskrit Vaiśākha) is the fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar and is considered the most important Buddhist holiday period of t…
Chötrül Düchen
Chötrül Düchen is one of the four major annual Tibetan Buddhist festivals. It takes place during the first fifteen days of the first month of the T…