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March 18-24 …when the night and day are equally divided, Buddha appears on earth for a week to save stray souls and lead them to Nirvana.” http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/35.html Thus, in Japan the Sundays prior to the spring equinox (shuubun no hi) and the fall equinox (shunbun no hi) are known as O-higan. Days on which families visit and honor the graves of the departed. Ancestors are said to watch over the family like tutelary, …Read more 
February 8; February 15 All beings by nature are Buddhas, As ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice, Apart from beings, no Buddhas. – Hakuin Ekaku, Zen Buddhism Parinirvana, depicted in Ajanta Cave 26 Even though today marks the death of one of the most revered figures in world history, Nirvana Day (or Parinirvana Day) is a celebration. Buddha’s death in the 5th or 6th century BCE is …Read more [published January 26, 2009] Year of the Ox: Ox: You are a born leader, and you inspire confidence in those around you. You speak little, but are quite eloquent. You are steadfast, solid, hard-working, goal-oriented, mentally and physically alert and generally easy-going, but remarkably stubborn. Be careful about being too demanding. You are also methodical and good with your hands. You will make a good surgeon, general or hairdresser. – ancient Chinese Fortune Cookie Actually …Read more Feb. 7, 2008 Jan. 26, 2009 Feb. 14, 2010 Feb. 3, 2011 Jan. 23, 2012 The Chinese Calendar is one of the oldest calendars in the world, dating back thousands of years, though it has undergone many changes in that time. The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar. New Year usually begins on the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the first new moon after lichun. (Lichun is one of 24 markers that chart the solar …Read more 
…when the night and day are equally divided, Buddha appears on earth for a week to save stray souls and lead them to Nirvana.” http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/35.html …Thus, in Japan, the spring equinox (shunbun no hi) and the fall equinox (shuubun no hi) are known as O-higan. Days on which families visit and honor the graves of the departed. Ancestors are said to watch over the family like tutelary, guardian deities. That’s why the Japanese give thanks to their …Read more 30th day of 7th lunar month Where are you going My beautiful friend Is this the road that You take to the end And if we break down All we left behind Is this the highway Of all mankind? Axis spins so round and round we go Where we’re going no one really knows Here we here we here we here go Feel the fire Way down below… That’s from Big Audio Dynamite’s …Read more 
August 14, 2011 August 30, 2012 August 20, 2013 No, not those kind of ghosts. The period of Ghost Month–the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar–comes to a climax on Zhong Yuan, the Hungry Ghost Festival, on the eve of the fifteenth day. During Ghost Month the gates of the afterworld open to allow the dead to walk the earth and seek food. Families prepare meals for the departed on Zhong Yuan. Many say prayers and …Read more July 6 He was born this day in 1935, the fifth of 16 children, nine of whom survived to adulthood. He has spent five of his seven decades as Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader outside his homeland.
China invaded Tibet in 1950. The Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet in 1959 during the March 10 uprising, in which followers gathered outside his palace to prevent the People’s Liberation Army from kidnapping him. The Dalai Lama fled the …Read more |
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