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Year of the Water Snake 2013
Important Dates

Message from Venerable Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche:

Venerable Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche and Venerable Lama Namsai send all students, supporters and friends their best wishes for a very happy New Year 2013.

May you all enjoy excellent health, may your Dharma practice flourish and may your business enterprises succeed. May all obstacles vanish so that you move swiftly along the path to supreme enlightenment. May you receive showers of blessings of the Triple Gems.

Calendar and important practice days:

In the Buddhist tradition, certain days are considered especially auspicious or inauspicious for particular Dharma practices. These days can be recurrent either each (Tibetan) month or annually. The information below only serves as general guidelines to important practice dates and it is essential to obtain direction from a qualified teacher.

1. On days when solar and lunar eclipses fall, positive and negative actions are multiplied by 10,000 times.

2. During the month of Saka Dawa, the 4^th Tibetan Lunar month (from Friday 10/05/2013 to Saturday 08/06/2013), positive actions are multiplied by 10 million times, and therefore Dharma practice is strongly recommended, the killing of animals is not permitted and the eating of black foods such as meat, is generally discouraged.

3. Buddha's Days: on these days, the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied 100 times:

8th Day - Medicine Buddha

10th Day - Guru Rinpoche

15th Day - Amitabha Buddha

30th Day - Shakyamuni Buddha

Date	Tibetan month / day	Practice	Celebration & Commemoration
01-Jan-13	11 / 19		New Year's Day 2013
08-Jan-13	11 / 26		Anniversary of the 1^stJamgon Kongtrul, named Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.
11-Jan-13	11 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
19-Jan-13	12 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
21-Jan-13	12 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
26-Jan-13	12 / 15	Amitabha Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
27-Jan-13	12 / 16	Full Moon
February 2013
10-Feb-13	12 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
11-Feb-13	1 / 1		Losar Tibetan New Year. Water Snake-Year 2140
18-Feb-13	1 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Anniversary of the 6^thKarmapa Thongwa Donden
20-Feb-13	1 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
24-Feb-13	1 / 14		Anniversary of Milarepa, the revered Tibetan Yogi
25-Feb-13	1 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon	Chotrul Düchen (Day of Miracles), plus the anniversaries of Marpa Lotsawa, Garab Dorje & the 7^th Karmapa, Chodrak Gyamtso. For the first 2 weeks of the New Year, Buddha Sakyamuni’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
March 2013
03-Mar-13	1 / 21		Anniversaries of the 14^th Karmapa Thekchok Dorje and the 1^st Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
09-Mar-13	1 / 28		Anniversary of the 9^th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje
10-Mar-13	1 / 29		Anniversary of the Grand Opening of the Sefton Temple in Sydney, Australia
11-Mar-13	1 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
20-Mar-13	2 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
22-Mar-13	2 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
27-Mar-13	2 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon	Anniversary of the 10^th Karmapa Choying Dorje
29-Mar-13	2 / 17		Good Friday
30-Mar-13	2 / 18		Easter Saturday
31-Mar-13	2 / 19		Easter
April 2013
01-Apr-13	2 / 21		Easter Monday
06-Apr-13	2 / 26		Anniversary of Jetsun Taranata
10-Apr-13	2 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
13-Apr-13	3 / 3		Anniversary of the 2^nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi
18-Apr-13	3 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
20-Apr-13	3 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
25-Apr-13	3 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon Partial Lunar Eclipse	The Lord Buddha taught the Kalachakra Tantra for the first time. Lunar eclipse and Full Moon: effects of positive and negative actions are multiplied by 10,000.
May 2013
05-May-13	3 / 26		Anniversary of the 15^th Karmapa, Khakhyap Dorje
09-May-13	3 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
10-May-13	4 / 1	New Moon Solar Eclipse	Solar eclipse and new moon: effects of positive and negative actions are multiplied by 10,000
11-May-13	4 / 2		Anniversary of Barom Dharma Wangchuk, the founder of Barom Kagyu Lineage
18-May-13	4 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
20-May-13	4 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
25-May-13	4 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon Lunar Eclipse	Saka Dawa Düchen (Vaishakha Day): Buddha Sakyamuni attained Enlightenment & Paranirvana. At the age of 35 year old, Buddha attained enlightenment at Bodhgaya (India). This is the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar. On this day, the effects of positive and negative actions are multiplied by 10 million times
June 2013
08-Jun-13	4 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
16-Jun-13	5 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
18-Jun-13	5 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
23-Jun-13	5 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
25-Jun-13	5 / 17		His Holiness the 17^th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s 28^th Birthday
July 2013
06-Jul-13	5 / 28		His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 78^th birthday
08-Jul-13	5 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
12-Jul-13	6 / 4		Chökhor Düchen: Buddha Sakyamuni taught the 4 Noble Truths (the First Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma at Varanasi). On this day, the effects of positive and negative actions are multiplied by 10 million times
16-Jul-13	6 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
18-Jul-13	6 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava).
21-Jul-13	6 / 14		Anniversary of the 3^rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje
18-Jul-13	6 / 10		Birthday of A-ten Phuntsok Rinpoche, Abbot of Chodrak Khang Nay monastery
22-Jul-13	6 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon	Anniversary of Gampopa, the Physician of Dagpo & Great Father of all the Kagyu lineages and the author of “The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
August 2013
06-Aug-13	6 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
14-Aug-13	7 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
16-Aug-13	7 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
18-Aug-13	7 / 12		Anniversary of the 11^th Karmapa Yeshe Dorje
21-Aug-13	7 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon	Anniversary of the 4^th Karmapa Rolpe Dorje
31-Aug-13	7 / 25		Anniversary of Phamodrupa, the founder of the Phamodrupa Kagyu Lineage
September 2013
05-Sep-13	7 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
06-Sep-13	8 / 1		Anniversary of the 5^th Karmapa Dezhin Shegpa
09-Sep-13	8 / 4		Anniversary of the 13^th Karmapa Dudul Dorje
13-Sep-13	8 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
14-Sep-13	8 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
19-Sep-13	8 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
27-Sep-13	8 / 23		Anniversary of the 8^th Karmapa Mikyo Dorje
October 2013
04-Oct-13	8 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
05-Oct-13	8 / 1		Anniversary of the 5^th Karmapa Dezhin Shegpa
08-Oct-13	8 / 4		Anniversary of the 13^th Karmapa Dudul Dorje
12-Oct-13	8 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
14-Oct-13	8 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
18-Oct-13	8 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon Lunar Eclipse	Lunar eclipse and Full moon: effects of positive and negative actions are multiplied by 10,000
22-Oct-13	8 / 19		Anniversary of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
27-Oct-13	8 / 23		Anniversary of the 8^th Karmapa Mikyo Dorje
31-Oct-13	8 / 27		Anniversary of Gendun Rinpoche (born:1918 to 1997)
November 2013
03-Nov-13	8 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse	Solar eclipse and new moon: effects of positive and negative actions are multiplied by 10,000
04-Nov-13	9 / 1		Birthday of Lama Namsai
05-Nov-13	9 / 2		Anniversary of the 16^th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
10-Nov-13	9 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
12-Nov-13	9 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
17-Nov-13	9 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
24-Nov-13	9 / 22		Lha Bab Düchen: Buddha Sakyamuni descent from Tushita Heaven, at Sankhasa, near Patna (India). On this day, the effects of positive and negative actions are multiplied by 10 million times
December 2013
02-Dec-13	9 / 30	Shakyamuni Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
03-Dec-13	10 / 1	New Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
10-Dec-13	10 / 8	Medicine Buddha	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
12-Dec-13	10 / 10	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
17-Dec-13	10 / 15	Amitabha Buddha Full Moon	Positive actions are multiplied by 100 times
25-Dec-13	10 / 23		Chrismas Day and Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche's birthday
26-Dec-13	10 / 24		Boxing Day
31-Dec-13	10 / 29		New Year's Eve