Date
|
Tibetan
month / day
|
Practice
|
Celebration &
Commemoration
|
January 2012
|
|
01-Jan-12 |
11 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
03-Jan-12 |
11 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
09-Jan-12 |
11 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
19-Jan-12 |
11 / 26 |
|
Anniversary of the 1st Jamgon Kongtrul - Lodro Taye. |
|
21-Jan-12 |
11 / 28 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
23-Jan-12 |
11 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
New Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
24-Jan-12 |
12 / 1 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
31-Jan-12 |
12 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
February 2012
|
|
02-Feb-12 |
12 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
05-Feb-12 |
12 / 13 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
07-Feb-12 |
12 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
21-Feb-12 |
12 / 29 |
New Moon |
|
|
22-Feb-12 |
1 / 1 |
|
Losar Tibetan New Year - Year of the Water Dragon |
March 2012
|
|
01-Mar-12 |
1 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Anniversaries of the 6th Karmapa, Tongwa Donden
and the 9th Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje |
|
03-Mar-12 |
1 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
07-Mar-12 |
1 / 14 |
|
Anniversary of Jetsun Milarepa, Zhepa Dorje. |
|
08-Mar-12 |
1 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Chotrul Düchen (Day of Miracles),
plus anniversaries of Marpa Lotsawa, Garab Dorje & the 7th
Karmapa, Chodrak Gyamtso.
For the first 2 weeks of the New Year, Buddha Shakyamuni’s
display of a miracle each day to increase the merit and devotion of
future disciples is celebrated.
On this day, the effects of positive and negative actions are
multiplied by 10 million times. |
|
13-Mar-12 |
1 / 21 |
|
Anniversaries of 14th Karmapa, Thegchog Dorje and Jamyang
Khyentse Wangpo |
|
14-Mar-12 |
1 / 22 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
17-Mar-12 |
1 / 25 |
|
Anniversary of the 13th Karmapa, Dudul Dorje |
|
22-Mar-12 |
1 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
New Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
29-Mar-12 |
2 / 7 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
30-Mar-12 |
2 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
April 2012
|
|
02-Apr-12 |
2 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
06-Apr-12 |
2 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Anniversary of the 10th Karmapa, Choying Dorje |
|
17-Apr-12 |
2 / 26 |
|
Anniversary of Jetsun Taranata, Kunga Nyingpo |
|
21-Apr-12 |
2 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
New Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
25-Apr-12 |
3 / 4 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
29-Apr-12 |
3 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
May
2012
|
|
01-May-12 |
3 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
06-May-12 |
3 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Buddha
Shakyamuni taught the Kalachakra tantra
|
|
07-May-12 |
3 / 16 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
16-May-12 |
3 / 26 |
|
Anniversary of the 15th Karmapa, Khakhyap Dorje |
|
18-May-12 |
3 / 28 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
20-May-12 |
3 / 30 |
Shakhyamuni Buddha Day
Solar Eclipse
New Moon |
Solar eclipse:
positive actions are multiplied by 10,000 times |
|
21-May-12 |
4 / 1 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
22-May-12 |
4 / 2 |
|
Anniversary of Gyalwa Barompa Dharma Wangchuk (1122 to 1198)
– Founder of the Barom Kagyu lineage |
|
29-May-12 |
4 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
31-May-12 |
4 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
June
2012
|
|
01-Jun-12 |
4 / 11 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
04-Jun-12 |
4 / 14 |
Lunar Eclipse
Full Moon |
Saka Dawa Düchen (Vaishakha Day): Buddha Shakyamuni attained
Enlightenment & Paranirvana.
At the age of 35 year old, Buddha attained enlightenment at
Bodhgaya (India).
On this day, the effects of positive and negative actions are
multiplied by 10 million times |
|
05-Jun-12 |
4 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
07-Jun-12 |
4 / 17 |
|
Anniversary of Patrul Rinpoche. |
|
14-Jun-12 |
4 / 24 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
19-Jun-12 |
4 / 29 |
New Moon |
|
|
20-Jun-12 |
4 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
26-Jun-12 |
5 / 6 |
|
Birthday of the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
|
|
28-Jun-12 |
5 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
30-Jun-12 |
5 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
July
2012
|
|
03-Jul-12 |
5 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
06-Jul-12 |
5 / 18 |
|
His
Holiness the Dalai Lama's 77th birthday
|
|
10-Jul-12 |
5 / 22 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
19-Jul-12 |
5 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
New Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
23-Jul-12 |
6 / 4 |
|
Chökhor Düchen: Buddha Shakyamuni taught the 4 Noble Truths
(the First Turning the Wheel of the Dharma at Varanasi).
On this day, the effects of positive and negative actions are
multiplied by 10 million times. |
|
25-Jul-12 |
6 / 7 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
26-Jul-12 |
6 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Birthday of Aten-Phuntsok Rinpoche – the Abbot of the
Kanghnay Monastery of the Barom Kagyu lineage |
|
28-Jul-12 |
6 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava |
|
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|
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August 2012
|
|
01-Aug-12 |
6 / 14 |
|
Anniversary of the 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje |
|
02-Aug-12 |
6 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Anniversary of Gampopa, the Physician of Dagpo & great father
of all the Kagyu lineages. The author of The Jewel Ornament of
Liberation |
|
06-Aug-12 |
6 / 19 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
17-Aug-12 |
6 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
New Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
21-Aug-12 |
7 / 4 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
25-Aug-12 |
7 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
26-Aug-12 |
7 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
28-Aug-12 |
7 / 12 |
|
Anniversary of the 11th Karmapa, Yeshe Dorje |
|
31-Aug-12 |
7 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Anniversary of the 4th Karmapa, Rolpe Dorje |
September 2012
|
|
01-Sep-12 |
7 / 16 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
10-Sep-12 |
7 / 25 |
|
Anniversary of Pagmodrupa. |
|
14-Sep-12 |
7 / 28 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
16-Sep-12 |
7 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
New Moon
No new Prayer Flags |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
23-Sep-12 |
8 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
25-Sep-12 |
8 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
28-Sep-12 |
8 / 13 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
30-Sep-12 |
8 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Anniversary of the 5th Karmapa, Dezhin Shegpa |
October 2012
|
|
08-Oct-12 |
8 / 23 |
|
Anniversary of the 8th Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje |
|
10-Oct-12 |
8 / 25 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
15-Oct-12 |
8 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
New Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
18-Oct-12 |
9 / 3 |
|
Anniversary of the second Karmapa, Karma Paksi |
|
22-Oct-12 |
9 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
24-Oct-12 |
9 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
29-Oct-12 |
9 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
November 2012
|
|
05-Nov-12 |
9 / 21 |
|
Anniversary of the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje |
|
06-Nov-12 |
9 / 22 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Lha Bab Düchen: Buddha Shakyamuni descent from Tushita
Heaven, at Sankhasa, near Patna.
On this day, the effects of positive and negative actions are
multiplied by 10 million times |
|
13-Nov-12 |
9 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
Solar Eclipse
New Moon |
Solar eclipse:
positive actions are multiplied by 10,000 times |
|
20-Nov-12 |
10 / 7 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
21-Nov-12 |
10 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
23-Nov-12 |
10 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
28-Nov-12 |
10 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Lunar Eclipse
Full Moon |
Lunar eclipse:
positive actions are multiplied by 10,000 times |
December 2012
|
|
02-Dec-12 |
10 / 19 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
13-Dec-12 |
10 / 30 |
Shakyamuni Buddha Day
New Moon |
Anniversary of the 12th Karmapa, Chanchup Dorje |
|
16-Dec-12 |
11 / 4 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Anniversary of the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa |
|
20-Dec-12 |
11 / 8 |
Medicine Buddha Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
22-Dec-12 |
11 / 10 |
Guru Rinpoche Day |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
25-Dec-12 |
11 / 12 |
|
X'Mas Day
& Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche's birthday |
|
26-Dec-12 |
11 / 13 |
|
Boxing Day
|
|
28-Dec-12 |
11 / 15 |
Amitabha Buddha Day
Full Moon |
Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times |
|
29-Dec-12 |
11 / 16 |
No new Prayer Flags |
Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flag |
|
31-Dec-12 |
11 / 18 |
|
New
Year's Eve
|
