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1970 Calendar of Buddhist Holidays

 

All Buddhist holidays are recorded on the lunar calendar, a fact which causes considerable difficulty to many Westerners trying to determine when to hold celebrations. The holidays listed below have been transposed from the lunar to the solar calendar. It should be noted that the the dates listed are good only for the current year, since the lunar new year falls on a different day on the solar calendar each year.


● July 5th Birthday of Dharma Protector Wei T'o
  21st Anniversary of Regarder of the World's Sound Bodhisattva's Enlightenment (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva)
● Aug. 14th Birthday of Great Strength Bodhisattva (Mahasthama Bodhisattva)
  16th Ullambana Assembly; Day of the Buddha's Rejoicing
  22nd Anniversary of Patriarch P'u An's Subduing of Demons
  25th Birthday of Nagarjuna Bodhisattva
31st Birthday of Earth Treasury Bodhisattva(Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva)
  31st Birthday of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun, 45th Patriarch of Wei Yang lineage
● Sep. 3rd Anniversary of the Great Master, The SixthPatriarch Hui Neng's Nirvana
  24th Birthday of Dipankara Buddha
● Oct. 18th Anniversary of Regarder of the World's Sound Bodhisattva Left Home Day (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva)
  29th Birthday of Crystal Light Medicine Master Buddha (Aksobhya Buddha)
● Nov. 3rd Birthday of Patriarch Bodhidharma
  6th Releasing even one captive living being on this day is one billion times more meritorious than on other days. Offense incurring karma is ten million times heavier on this day. (Note: this refers to releasing animals which would otherwise be killed and eaten)
● Dec. 15th Birthday of Amitabha Buddha
  17th Birthday of the Compassionate Bodhisattva Who Leads One to Rebirth in the Nine Grades of Lotus

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