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'''Saga Dawa''' [Tib.] the fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. It is considered to be the most important month of the year for practice since Buddha's birth, [[enlightenment]] and [[parinirvana]] all fall within this period (according to Tibetan tradition).
'''Saga<ref>Saga (Skt. ''Vaishakha'') is one of the [[twenty-eight constellations]], corresponding to Alpha Libroe.</ref> Dawa''' ([[Wyl.]] ''sa ga zla ba'') is the fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. It is considered to be the most important month of the year for practice since [[Buddha]]'s birth, [[enlightenment]] and [[parinirvana]] all fall within this period (according to Tibetan tradition). The first fifteen days of the month are considered especially important.


Note: Saga (Skt. ''Vaishakha'') is one of the [[twenty-eight constellations]], corresponding to Alpha Libroe.
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*[[Saga Dawa Düchen]]


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Revision as of 21:05, 17 June 2009

Saga[1] Dawa (Wyl. sa ga zla ba) is the fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. It is considered to be the most important month of the year for practice since Buddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana all fall within this period (according to Tibetan tradition). The first fifteen days of the month are considered especially important.

Notes

  1. Saga (Skt. Vaishakha) is one of the twenty-eight constellations, corresponding to Alpha Libroe.

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