Upcoming
Venerable Tenzin to resume teaching from Practicing the Path in February and March
Venerable Tharchin will lead a day- long Chenrezig Practice in April
Details coming soon
In Tibet, 2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, or year 2152.
The Tibetan Calendar, like many non-European cultures, keeps time with the lunar cycles. Their calendar follows repetitive patterns of five elements and twelve animals. To learn more about these holy days and special practices for them, visit: https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/practice-on-the-four-great-holy-days/
- February 28th: Losar; Tibetan New Year
- March 14th: Day of Miracles (and lunar eclipse)
- June 11th: Saka Dawa Duchen, Commemorates Shakyamuni Buddha’s three major life events.
- July 28th: Chokhor Duchen, Observes Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s first teaching.
- November 11th: Lhabab Duchen, Honors Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to Earth from the God Realm of the Thirty-Three