Buddhist Holiday
Chokhor Duchen Tsok Offering
Buddhist Institute of Universal Compassion 728 E. Rich Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesChokhor Duchen, First Turning of the Dharma Wheel. Celebrate Chökhor Düchen: July 14, 2021 Chokhor Duchen is one of the most important "great occasion(s)" (Chokhor- Dharma chakra, düchen-great occasion) of the Tibetan Buddhist calendar as it marks historical Buddha Shakyamuni's first sermon (turning of the Dharma wheel.) The first turning is said to have taken place […]
Chotrul Duchen Monlam Chenmo – Great Prayer Festival of Miracles- Tibetan Butter Lantern Festival 2022
Buddhist Institute of Universal Compassion 728 E. Rich Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesChotrul Monlam Chenmo Great Prayer Festival of Miracles -Tibetan Butter Lantern Festival- March 3rd-March 18, 2022 MONLAM CHENMO- The Great Prayer Festival is the anniversary commemorating those 15 days of Buddha Shakya Muni performing various miracles in response to the continued call for computation of power by the six jealous ascetic masters. Buddha performed astonishing […]
Saga Dawa 2022
Buddhist Institute of Universal Compassion 728 E. Rich Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesSaga Dawa 2022 The most important month in the Tibetan lunar calendar is Saga Dawa, the 4th lunar month, which runs from May 31, 2022, to June 29, 2022. The 15th day of this lunar month, the full moon day is called Saga Dawa Düchen. In Tibetan, Düchen translates into “great occasion.” This year, Saga Dawa Düchen […]
Tibetan Losar 2150 Year of the Water Hare
Buddhist Institute of Universal Compassion 728 E. Rich Ave, Spokane, WA, United Statesབོད་ཀྱི་ལོ་གསར། Tashi Delek Losar 2150 Tibetan New Year 2023 from Geshe Phelgye’s Buddhist Institute of Universal Compassion TIBETAN NEW YEAR 2023 LOSAR - Tibetan: བོད་ཀྱི་ལོ་གསར།, Wylie: lo-gsar is a NEW YEAR festival celebrated in Tibet and similarly by Tibetan Buddhists worldwide. Tibetan Losar 2023 (New Year) festival falls on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. While the Gregorian calendar is purely […]
Chotrul Duchen Monlam Chenmo – Great Prayer Festival of Miracles- Tibetan Butter Lantern Festival 2023
Buddhist Institute of Universal Compassion 728 E. Rich Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesCHOTRUL MONLAM CHENMO Great Prayer Festival of Miracles –Tibetan Butter Lantern Festival– February 21st-March 07th, 2023 MONLAM CHENMO– The Great Prayer Festival is the anniversary commemorating those 15 days of Buddha Shakya Muni performing various miracles in response to the continued call for computation of power by the six jealous ascetic masters. Buddha performed astonishing […]