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Jetsun Milarepa: Anniversary of the Glorious Singing Sage of Tibet and “A SONG OF HAPPINESS”

  Friday, February 23, 2024 Milarepa (Mi la ras pa in Wylie [Wylie is a method of turning Tibetan script into Roman characters]) was an incredibly wise Tibetan yogi, master, and poet who reached enlightenment in his lifetime. ...

Full Moon

Tuesday, December 26, 2023 Sunday, February 5, 2023 Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. Also good for Naga Puja. About Medicine Buddha

Guru Dorje Drollo Day

Friday, December 22, 2023 One of Guru Padmasambhava's manifestations

Tara Puja Day

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more    

New Moon

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Dakini Day and Tsog

Thursday, December 7, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Full Moon

Monday, November 27, 2023   Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. Also good for Naga Puja. About Medicine Buddha

Tara Puja Day

Monday, November 20, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more  

New Moon

Monday, November 13, 2023

Phagmo Drupa Day

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje Day

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 The First Gyalwang Drukpa and the Founmder of the Drukpa Lineage

Adzom Drukpa Day

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 One of the two reincarnations of the Ninth Gyalwang Drukpa, Jigme Migyur Wangyal

Dakini Day and Tsog

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Lhabab Duchen

Saturday, November 4, 2023 Lhabab Duchen is a Buddhist festival celebrated to observe the Buddha's descent from the Trāyastriṃśa heaven down to earth, one of The Eight Great Events in the Life of Buddha. Light a candle to ...

Full Moon

Saturday, October 28, 2023   Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. Also good for Naga Puja. About Medicine Buddha

Guru Dorje Totreng Tsal

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 One of Guru Padmasambhava's manifestations

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 The 10th of the lunar month is the day we celebrate Guru Rinpoche each month. (Dates below for this year!) According to National Today: “Believers agree that he was born on the tenth day ...

Tara Puja Day

Sunday, October 22, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more   A detail from a thangka of 21 Taras with Green Tara as the ...

New Moon

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Dakini Day and Tsog

Monday, October 9, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Full Moon

Friday, September 29, 2023 Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. Also good for Naga Puja. About Medicine Buddha

Guru Nyima Ozer Day

Sunday, September 24, 2023 One of Guru Padmasambhava’s manifestations

Tara Puja Day

Saturday, September 23, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more  

Ksitigarbha 地藏 Dizang Jizo Day! New Moon

Thursday, September 14, 2023 7th lunar month 30th Day Learn more about Ksitigarbha 地藏 Dizang Jizo Bodhisattva>> About Ksitigarbha, with a Guided Meditation and his beautiful mantra chanted by Hrishikesh Sonar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sLdXvJSO90

Dakini Day and Tsog

Saturday, September 9, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Medicine Buddha Day

Friday, December 30, 2022 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly (this Western calendar month, twice) Lunar 8th day is recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more

New Moon

Friday, December 23, 2022 Lunar 30th Day New moon is good for all practices. Very auspicious Learn more

Dharma Protector Day

Thursday, December 22, 2022 Lunar 29th Day 29th of Tibetan Lunar month is dedicated to Protector Pujas. Learn more Mahakala, the Lord, the Great Black.

Dakini Day

Sunday, December 18, 2022 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom. Devoted Buddhists will celebrate with ...

Full Moon

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Lunar 30th Day New moon is good for all practices. Very auspicious. Learn more

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Friday, December 3, 2022 Lunar 10th Day — recurs monthly. This is also a Tsog Offering date for those with Highest Yoga Tantra commitments. It is also considered “Daka Tsog” or “Heruka Tsog” honoring the great Herukas such ...

Medicine Buddha Day

Thursday, December 1, 2022 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day is recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more

Tara Puja Day

Thursday, December 1, 2022 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly  HAPPY TARA DAY! Every day is Tara day, although typically we celebrate especially on the eighth day of the lunar month , which is auspicious for Tara practice — ...

Super Blue Full Moon

Thursday, August 30, 2023 Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. Also good for Naga Puja. "Once in a Blue Moon"  indicates how rare the blue moons are. For this year's Blue ...

Guru Khading Tsal Day

Saturday, August 26, 2023 One of Guru Padmasambhava's manifestations

Tara Puja Day

Thursday, August 24, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more   Loving face of the Mother of All Buddhas Green Tara. Detail from art ...

New Moon

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Lunar 30th Day New moon is auspicious for all practices. Very auspicious and high merit. This is especially a good day for Sutra readings, Sadhanas, and Pujas of your own Yidam, or any (or ...

Dakini Day and Tsog

Friday, August 11, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Gampopa Day

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Gampopa was the founder of the monastic order of the Kagyu School and the lineages that branch out from him is known as the Dhakpo Kagyu.

Lhumsu Zhugpei Duchen

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Commemoration of Buddha Shakyamuni’s descent from Tushita heaven into the womb of his mother, Queen Mayadevii.

Full Moon

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. Also good for Naga Puja. About Medicine Buddha

Guru Tsokye Dorje Day

Friday, July 28, 2023 One of Guru Padmasambhava's manifestations

Tara Puja Day

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more   Green Tara (left) is similar to Chittamani Tara (right). In fact they are ...
Buddhist Monks sitting under the ancestor of the Bodhi Tree under which Shakyamuni Buddha attained Enlightenement in Bodhgaya India.

Choekhor Duchen

Friday, July 21, 2023 Choekhor Duchen, also called Chokhor Duchen celebrates the First Teaching of Buddha — the first turning of the Dharma. Of the four Holy Days dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha each year,  Chokhor Duchen, the “First ...

New Moon

Monday, July 17, 2023

Dakini Day and Tsog

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Amitabha’s Monthly Day: Full Moon Day

Monday, July 3, 2023 Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Amitabha, Medicine Buddha, and Tara. Also good for Naga Puja. Celebrate Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Life and Life with his powerful and life-empowering long Dharania ...

Guru Sengey Dradok Day

Wednesday, June 28 2023 One of Guru Padmasambhava's manifestations

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Celebrate with offerings and mantras! Guru Rinpoche's mantra chanted beautifully by Buddha Weekly (available on soon-to-release "Mantra Collection 2" on Apple Music, Spotify, Youtube Music, Amazon Music, and many more!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24PvrVGmdBQ All about Guru ...

Tara Puja Day

Monday, June 26, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more  

New Moon

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Dakini Day and Tsog

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Sangye and Nyangde Duchen

Sunday, June 4, 2023 This full moon day of the auspicious fourth month of the Himalayan lunar calendar is also known as Sangye and Nyangde Duchen. This day commemorates both the Enlightenment and Parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. This ...

Full Moon

Sunday, June 4, 2023 Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. Also good for Naga Puja. About Medicine Buddha

Guru Padmavajra Day

Tuesday, May 30, 2023   One of Guru Padmasambhava's manifestations

Medicine Buddha Day

Saturday, May 27, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more Medicine Buddha.

New Moon

Friday, May 19, 2023

Dakini Day and Tsog

Sunday, May 14, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Full Moon & Kalachakra

Friday, May 5, 2023 Kalachakra Tantra taught by Shakyamuni Buddha on this day. This is also Vesak, the anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment. The full moon is also meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. ...

First Shabdrung Rinpoche Day

Sunday, April 30, 2023 Shabdrung Ngẳng Namgyal, an incarnation of Kunkhyen Pema Karpo, the Fourth Gyalwang Drukpa.

Guru Chime Pema Jungne Day

Sunday, April 30, 2023 Annual day honoring the aspect of Padmasambhava, Guru Pema Jungne (Wylie: pad ma 'byung-gnas, Skt: Guru Padmakara), meaning "Born from a Lotus", manifests before his arrival in Tibet, the Vajrayana Buddha that teaches the ...

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Sunday, April 30, 2023 Lunar 10th Day — recurs monthly. This is also a Tsog Offering date for those with Highest Yoga Tantra commitments. It is also considered “Daka Tsog” or “Heruka Tsog” honoring the great Herukas such ...

Tara Puja Day

Friday, April 28, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more

Medicine Buddha Day

Friday, April 28, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more Visualize blue healing light coming from the Buddha and entering your body. Imagine the ...

New Moon and Solar Eclipse Day

Thursday, April 20, 2023 Lunar 30th Day   New moon is good for all practices. Very auspicious. This particular Solar Eclipse is, according to NASA: "Visible in Asia, E. Indies, Australia, Philippines. N.Z. [Hybrid: Indonesia, Australia, Papua New ...

Dharma Protector Day

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Lunar 7th month 29th Day 29th of Tibetan Lunar month is dedicated to Protector Pujas. Learn more Tea offering for Palden Lhamo in a Serkhem. Tea is poured into the upper cup with each ...

Dakini Day and Tsog

Saturday, April 15, 2023 Lunar 25th Day. Dakini Tsog (Tsok) is always offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, celebrating the feminine energy of wisdom, and is a commitment for ...

Full Moon

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Full moon is meritorious for most practices, especially Medicine Buddha, Tara and Amitabha. Also good for Naga Puja. About Medicine Buddha

Anniversary Guru Loden Choktse

Friday, March 31, 2023 Guru Padmasambhava's manifestation

Anniversary Guru Shakya Sengey

Friday, March 31, 2023 Guru Padmasambhava's manifestation

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Friday, March 31, 2023 Lunar 10th Day — recurs monthly. This is also a Tsog Offering date for those with Highest Yoga Tantra commitments. It is also considered “Daka Tsog” or “Heruka Tsog” honoring the great Herukas such ...

Medicine Buddha Day

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Lunar 8th Day, recurs monthly Lunar 8th day recommended for all practices, and especially Medicine Buddha and Tara. Learn more Medicine Buddha.

New Moon

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Lunar 30th Day New moon is good for all practices. Very auspicious Learn more

Dharma Protector Day

Monday, March 20, 2023 Lunar  29th Day 29th of Tibetan Lunar month is dedicated to Protector Pujas. Learn more Tea offering to protectors. Hot tea represents the "activity" aspect of protectors.
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