2023

Milarepa painting, Nepal

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

Dharma / Vajrayana
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Full Moon

Calendar / Full Moon
Amitabha Buddha statue at an FPMT centre.

Amitabha Day Monthly

Amitabha Puja Day / Calendar
Guru Dorje Drollo, an emanation of Guru Rinpoche often holds a scorpion in hand.

Guru Dorje Drollo Day

Calendar
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Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Medicine Buddha.

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
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New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
BuddhaWeekly-Mahakala_34162255-1500

Dharma Protector Day

Calendar / Protector Puja Days
Buddhist Monks sitting under the ancestor of the Bodhi Tree under which Shakyamuni Buddha attained Enlightenement in Bodhgaya India.

Bodhi Day — Awakening Day

Buddha Annual Sacred Days / Calendar / Special Days
Buddha-Weekly-High Resolution Fierce Vajrayogini-Buddhism

Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
Lovely statue of the great sage Lama Je Tsong Khapa.

Lama Tsongkhapa Day

Birthdays of Teachers / Bodhisattva Annual Days / Buddha Annual Sacred Days / Calendar
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Full Moon

Calendar / Full Moon
Om Ami Dewa Hri is the mantra of Amitabha Buddha.

Amitabha Day Monthly

Amitabha Puja Day / Calendar
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Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Buddha-Weekly-Medicine Buddha Sutra temple mural with Bodhisattvas-Buddhism

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
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New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
BuddhaWeekly-Mahakala_m_122582243-1500

Dharma Protector Day

Calendar / Protector Puja Days
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Phagmo Drupa Day

Calendar
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Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje Day

Calendar
Simhamukha or Senge Dongma, the Lion-Faced Dakini . This is a statue hand thangka painted as an act of devotion by Buddha Weekly's creative director Kam Wai Yu.

Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
Buddha descends from Tushita heaven, one of the Eight Great Deeds of the Buddha — celebrated on Lhabab Duchen.

Lhabab Duchen

Calendar
Avalokiteshvara as the wonderful goddess Guanyin.

Guan Shi Yin Renunciation Day

Calendar
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Full Moon

Calendar / Full Moon
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Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Buddha-Weekly-Medicine Buddha Sutra temple mural with Bodhisattvas-Buddhism

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
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New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
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Dharma Protector Day

Calendar / Protector Puja Days
Buddha-Weekly-Vajrayogini Buddha for our times-Buddhism

Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
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Full Moon

Calendar / Full Moon
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Guru Nyima Ozer Day

Calendar
Buddha-Weekly-Guru Rinpoche in caves-Buddhism

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Visualize blue healing light coming from the Buddha and entering your body. Imagine the light is purifying you of all negativities and healing you of all illnesses.

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
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Ksitigarbha 地藏 Dizang Jizo Day! New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
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Dharma Protector Day

Calendar / Protector Puja Days
A beautiful newari (new-style) take on Vajrayogini.

Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
Kunkhyen Pema Karpo-2

4th Gyalwang Kunkhyen Pema Karpo

Calendar
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Super Blue Full Moon

Calendar
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Guru Khading Tsal Day

Calendar
Guru Rilnpoche.

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Buddha-Weekly-Medicine Buddha Sutra tangkha-Buddhism

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
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New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
The fearsome power of great Vajrapani, who is always ready to "beat down" the obstacles to our practice.

Dharma Protector Day

Calendar / Protector Puja Days
Obon Festival Ancestor Day Japan

Obon — Ancestor Day

Calendar / Special Days
Buddha-Weekly-Vajrayogini Buddha for our times-Buddhism

Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
Although there are several key, important sutras referenced in Chan and Zen, the Flower Sermon is the symbolic beginning.

8th Gyalwang Kunzig Chonang

Calendar
Gampopa-high

Gampopa Day

Calendar
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Lhumsu Zhugpei Duchen

Calendar
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Full Moon

Calendar / Full Moon
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Guru Tsokye Dorje Day

Calendar
Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava Buddha Statue in Kathmandu Nepal (Photo Raimond Kavins.)

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Buddha-Weekly-Medicine Buddha Sutra tangkha with golden glow-Buddhism

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
Buddhist Monks sitting under the ancestor of the Bodhi Tree under which Shakyamuni Buddha attained Enlightenement in Bodhgaya India.

Choekhor Duchen

Calendar
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New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
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Dharma Protector Day

Calendar / Protector Puja Days
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Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
Drubwang Shakya Shri

Drubwang Shakya Shri Day

Calendar
On July 6, is the Dalai Lama's birthday! Happy Birthday and long life to His Holiness!

H.H. Dalai Lama’s birthday!

Birthdays of Teachers / Calendar
Buddha statue against a full moon.

Amitabha’s Monthly Day: Full Moon Day

Calendar / Full Moon
Buddha-Weekly-Monks praying Thailand-Buddhism

Asala — Dharma Day: Commmerating the First Teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha

Buddha Annual Sacred Days / Calendar
Zasep-Rinpoche-birthday

Birthday Ven. Zasep Rinpoche

Birthdays of Teachers / Calendar
Guru Sengey Dradok-3

Guru Sengey Dradok Day

Calendar
Guru Rinpoche, the Lotus Born, the precious master.

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Visualizing the Medicine Buddha Mantra and rays of healing Lapis Lazuli light emanating from the Buddha, and absorbed into the patient (or self) assists in healing.

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
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New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
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Dharma Protector Day

Calendar / Protector Puja Days
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Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
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5th Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo

Calendar
Among the most famous of symbols in Buddhism — the Dharma Wheel. The eight spokes of the wheel represent the eightfold path. The deer are symbolic of Buddha's first teaching in Deer Park.

Sangye and Nyangde Duchen

Calendar
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Full Moon

Calendar / Full Moon
Guru Padmavajra

Guru Padmavajra Day

Calendar
Padmasambhava, the Lotus Born Guru Rinpoche.

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Medicine Buddha.

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
21 Taras in the Atisha tradition, with Green Tara as the center of the mandala. Detail from a canvas from Himalayan Art.

Tara Puja Day

Calendar / Tara Puja Days
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New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
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Dharma Protector Day

Calendar
Buddha-Weekly-Vajrayogini 3-Buddhism

Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
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Full Moon & Kalachakra

Calendar / Full Moon
Vesak in Thailand.

Vesak Buddha Day!

Buddha Annual Sacred Days / Calendar / Special Days
shabdrung ngawang namgyal

First Shabdrung Rinpoche Day

Calendar
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Guru Chime Pema Jungne Day

Calendar
Statue of Guru Rinpoche.

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Visualize blue healing light coming from the Buddha and entering your body. Imagine the light is purifying you of all negativities and healing you of all illnesses.

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
Solar Eclipse

New Moon and Solar Eclipse Day

Calendar / New Moon
Palden Lhamo, Shri Devi, is the fiercest of the fierce Protectors in Tibetan Buddhism. Like an enraged mother, She protects Her children. At the same time, she reminds us not be be attached to anything, even our own children.

Dharma Protector Day

Calendar / Protector Puja Days
The traditional meditation pose of Vajrayogini, two armed, red, nude, drinking from the blissful nectar in a skullcup.

Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
Songkran celebrations.

Theravadan New Year Songkran

Calendar / Special Days
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Full Moon

Calendar / Full Moon
Guru Loden Choktse

Anniversary Guru Loden Choktse

Calendar
Guru Shakya Sengey

Anniversary Guru Shakya Sengey

Calendar
Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava.

Padmasambhava Day Tsog

Calendar / Daka Tsog (Tsok) Dates / Padmasambhava Days
Buddha-Weekly-Medicine Buddha Sutra temple mural with Bodhisattvas-Buddhism

Medicine Buddha Day

Calendar / Medicine Buddha Day
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New Moon

Calendar / New Moon
The fearsome power of great Vajrapani, who is always ready to "beat down" the obstacles to our practice.

Dharma Protector Day

Calendar
Buddha-Weekly-Vajrayogini Buddha for our times-Buddhism

Dakini Day and Tsog

Calendar / Dakini Day and Tsog
marpa-lotsawa

Anniversary of Marpa Lotsawa

Calendar
Thangka depicted the 15 days of Buddha's Miracles at Shravasti.

Day of Miracles Chothrul Duchen

Calendar
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Full Moon

Calendar / Full Moon
The Buddha teaching — his first teaching was on the Four Noble Truths.

Magha Puja Day

Buddha Annual Sacred Days / Calendar / Special Days
Kyabje Drupe Thuksey Rinpoche

Birthday Drupe Thuksey Rinpoche

Calendar
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