Category: Light Festivals
Sakadawa in the Year of the Iron Mouse
May’s New Gemini Moon is the start of a lunar cycle in which Himalayan Buddhists celebrate ‘SakaDawa’ and the birth, enlightenment and paranirvana of the historical Buddha, Gautama Sakyamuni. This year of the Iron Mouse, from May 23rd until Solstice Solar Eclipse […]
Day of Miracles ☼
Chotrul Düchen ☼ Day of Miracles ~> March 10th 2020 Equinox Full SUPERMoon in Virgo Full Super Moon ~> 19°37’ Virgo @ 17:48 UT March 9th 2020 Virgo-Pisces Love-Wisdom Full Super Moon Compassion! Compassion! Compassion! “Let us get loose with compassion. Let […]
Losar ~ Year of the White Iron Mouse 2147
Losar Tashi Delek! With best wishes to everyone for a clear awakening within the heart mind of compassion! May all be auspicious for this year of the White Iron Mouse (Metal Rat) 🙂 🐭🙏🕉 Karma multiplied x 100 million Sun in Pisces, […]
MahaShivratri 2020
21st Feb 2020 ~> Before the New Pisces Moon 22nd/23rd and ‘Losar’, Himalayan New Year 2147 Today, Feb 21st, is also MahaShivratri, the Vedic festival honouring Shiva, Lord of creation and destruction as he partakes the cosmic dance of life, death and […]
Dön Season
Dön Season ~> in the days before ‘Losar’ 23rd February & the New Year of the White Iron Mouse 2147 As the first of four full supermoons wanes beyond the Last Quarter Medicine Buddha ~ Dakini Tara Moon, we also experience a […]
Lhabab Düchen Nov ’19~> Buddha’s descent from Tushita
☆ In this year of the Earth Sow, 19th November, on the 22nd day of the 9th Tibetan month, we celebrate Lhabab Düchen, to honour Lord Buddha leaving Tushita, and his return – at the request of a disciple – from the […]
☆ A rEvolution of the Heart ~> with a Venus Star Point Full Moon Penumbral Lunar Eclipse ☆ The Full Honey Moon June Friday/Saturday 5-6th @19:13 UT ~> @15°34’ Sagittarius Moon ☍ 15°34’ Gemini Sun: ☆ Halfway through the playful and inquisitive, […]