PRACTICE DATES for 2013

March 31 Dharmapala

April

05 Dakini Day
09 Dharmapala
11 No Moon–1000 Buddhas
New Moon 5:35am
12 Tibetan 3rd month;
Kalacharka New Year
18 Medicine Buddha
19 Dharmapala
20 Guru Rinpoche known as Guru Chimed Pema Jungne
25 Buddha Shakyamuni taught the Kalachakra Tantra;
Full Moon 3:56pm
Partial Lunar Eclipse 4:06pm
26 Anniversary of Terton Mingyur Dorje
29 Dharmapala

May

04 Dakini Day
08 Dharmapala
09 No Moon–1000 Buddhas
New Moon 8:28pm;
Solar Eclipse 8:24pm
10 SAGA DAWA (starts)
Tibetan 4th month
17 Birth of Buddha Shakyamuni
18 Medicine Buddha
19 Dharmapala
20 Guru Rinpoche known as Guru Pema Dorje Tsal
25 SAGA DAWA DUCHEN
Buddha Shakyamuni's Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana;
Full Moon 12:24am;
Lunar Eclipse 12:09am
28 Anniversary of Patrul Rinpoche (18th);
Dharmapala

June

03 Dakini Day
07 Anniversary of Mipham Rinpoche;
Dharmapala
08 No Moon–1000 Buddhas
New Moon 11:56am
09 Tibetan 5th month;
Anniversary of Chogyur Lingpa
14 Anniversary of Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
16 Anniversary of Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche;
Medicine Buddha
17 Dharmapala
18 Guru Rinpoche known as Guru Senge Dradrok - the Lion's Roar
21 Summer Solstice 1:04am
23 Buddha Shakyamuni taught the Kalachakra Tantra;
Full Moon 7:31am
27 Dharmapala

2013 Calendar for Water Snake Year 2140
through the PBC Dharma Store Pemai Chiso

New calendar for Water Snake Year 2140

Annually produced, these handmade lunar practice calendars mark the months and days for the complete Tibetan Year 2140 - Water Snake (February 11, 2013 to March 2, 2014) with highlights on important practice days, festivals, and anniversaries of many great Buddhist lineage masters. This year's calendar features fourteen color photographs of the Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches and the PBC sangha taken by Rinpoches' students around the world. All proceeds from the sale of this calendar support the creation of the Great Stupa of the Three Kayas Which Liberates Upon Seeing at Padma Samye Ling monastery and retreat center in New York.

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