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THE MEANING OF BUDDHISM by self-concern we shall never be satisfied. Even if our situation
by Geshe Rabten is pleasant there will always be a restless longing for something
else, which prevents any lasting peace and happiness from finding
its way into our lives.
Buddhism is neither a strange tradition However, if this self-concern is decreased, hatred and attachment
peculiar to certain foreign lands, nor a will likewise diminish in strength. And to the degree in which these
collection of dry words contained in books factors are reduced we will notice an increase in our concern for
and libraries. Such opinions fail to discern others, as well as an increase in our own contentment and peace
what in fact Buddhism is. of mind.
All creatures in this world, whether human Where can the means be found to transform the mind in this way?
or animal, are constantly motivated by the They can be found in the Buddha’s teachings. Thus the methods
same basic aims: the achievement of happiness and the removal shown by the Buddha are extremely valuable for anyone truly
of suffering. But although our entire existence is lived in pursuit seeking happiness, whether Buddhist or not. Buddhism should
of these goals we never fully achieve them. The real, lasting therefore be understood as a method for overcoming mental
happiness we desire eludes us and in the depths of our minds suffering and for increasing the sense of well-being for both self
we continue to suffer. In our search for satisfaction we construct and others.
roads, schools, hospitals and so forth. Although these afford us
some relief they are unable to remove the very roots of physical We all know how much we appreciate being treated kindly by
and mental pain. On the contrary, we observe how mental unrest others. In the same way it should be realised that others too
tends to increase with technological progress. But why, despite experience much joy upon being treated kindly by us. When
our enormous efforts, should this be the case? concern for others grows strong, self-concern, hatred and
attachment will diminish, one’s mind will experience calmness
We generally consider the source of all our problems to be and joy, and others will receive true benefit. All conflicts between
external to ourselves. We then try to overcome and manipulate individuals, groups of people, and even nations will be resolved as
these conditions. Of course, external conditions affect our lives soon as concern for others takes the place of concern for oneself.
and cause us to suffer, but it has to be recognised that the root
cause for our painful experiences is deeply embedded within Concern for others is therefore the source of all individual and
our own minds. The external situations are only contributing collective well-being, both secular and religious. To achieve this is
circumstances. In this light it becomes clear that no matter how the essence of Buddhism.
much we change the external world we will never arrive at a truly
satisfactory solution.
With these words the activities of the Rabten Choeling monastery
But what is it within us that causes us to continually suffer? It is were announced in 1977 by the Venerable Geshe Rabten
self-concern, the attitude of cherishing oneself while disregarding Rinpoche. And with this objective the activities of all the Rabten
others. In dependence upon self-concern attachment to one’s own monasteries and study centres, as well as the Edition Rabten
interest and resentment to the interests of others arise. Upon this publishing service have been carried on since then.
basis all conflicts ensue. If, however, self-concern were absent, If you see a true benefit in such efforts for today’s society and
no conflicts could ever occur. As long as the mind is dominated would like to support these aims, please be assured that your help
is greatly appreciated.
DHARMA FESTIVALS ་་་་་ ASTROLOGICAL YEAR-SIGNS AND DAYS
་་ ་་ ་་་་་་་་་་
Chotrul Duechen: Day of Buddha Shakyamuni‘s Great Miracles
In Tibetan astrology the days of the week are classified into
harmonious and disharmonious days according to an individual‘s
Saga Dawa: This means ‚Month of Saga‘, which is the fourth year of birth. So-called Luck-days and Life-days are harmonious.
month of the lunar calendar. On the full moon day of this month,
These days are generally considered as particularly suitable for
Buddha Shakyamuni showed his deed of taking birth,
attaining enlightenment, and going into Parinirvana. starting projects and celebrating auspicious events. Anti-days, or
disharmonious days, are generally considered as unsuitable for
Choekor Duechen: Buddha Shakyamuni turned the Wheel such events. It is something to be considered in case of choice.
of Dharma for the first time.
Lha Bab Duechen: Buddha Shakyamuni‘s return from the Year of birth: 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953
་་ 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
realm of the devas. 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Gaden Ngamchoe: Day of Je Tsongkhapa‘s Parinirvana.
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Parinirvana days: The days of passing away. Year-sign: Mouse
་་ Bull
་ Tiger
་ Rabbit
་ Dragon
་ Snake
་
་་
Trungkar days: Birthdays of masters. Luck-day Wed Sat Thu Thu Sun Tue
་་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་
Those days are very special days for the practice of Dharma. Life-day Tue Wed Sat Sat Wed Fri
Any positive or negative actions performed on these days ་་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་
have a strong multiplying effect.
Anti-day Sat Thu Fri Fri Thu Wed
་་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་
TIBETAN FESTIVALS ་་་་་
Losar: Tibetan New Year. First day of the lunar calendar. It is Year of birth: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
་་ 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
celebrated in every auspicious and joyous way. 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Zam Ling Chi Sang: Day of the Sang-Offering (ritual 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
smoke-offering) to all the Protectors.
Sangpo Chuzom: The Day of the Ten Good Omens. Year-sign: Horse
་ Sheep
་ Monkey
་ Rooster
་ Dog
་ Boar
་
་་
This is a day for transforming all inauspicious situations into
auspicious ones. Special day for merrymaking. Luck-day Tue Fri Fri Fri Mon Wed
་་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་
SPECIAL DAYS ་་་་་་ Life-day Fri Mon Thu Thu Wed Tue
་་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་
་་ Rishi-Star: This special astrological constellation causes the natural
water-sources on earth to be transformed into nectar-like liquids. Anti-day Wed Thu Tue Tue Thu Sat
་་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་
It is therefore particularly beneficial to take baths on these days.
SYMBOLS ་་་་ ELEMENT COMBINATIONS
Earth-Earth: Auspicious. The double encounter of earth brings
Full Moon ་
power together. Power lets all wishes be achieved.
་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
Half Moon ་
Water-Water: Auspicious. The double encounter of water brings
New or Black Moon ་ nectar together. Nectar increases life‘s force.
་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
Total eclipse of the sun ་་་་
Earth-Water: Auspicious. The encounter of earth with water brings
Partial eclipse of the sun ་་་་ youth together. Youth brings great happiness.
་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
Total eclipse of the moon ་་་་
Fire-Fire: Auspicious. The double encounter of fire brings increase
Partial eclipse of the moon ་་་་ together. This will increase food and wealth.
་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
Monastic Sojong or Confession ་་
Wind-Wind: Auspicious. The double encounter of wind brings
Guru-Puja and Tsok-Rituals ་་་་ perfection together. Perfection brings quick accomplishment of
one‘s wishes.
Dharma festivals ་་་་ ་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
Tibetan festivals
Fire-Wind: Auspicious. The encounter of fire and wind brings
་་་་
strength together. Strength brings all good omens.
་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
THE ENERGY OF ELEMENTS ་་་་
Earth-Wind: Inauspicious. The encounter of earth and wind
་ brings incompatibility. Incompatibility exhausts food and wealth.
Earth ་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
་
Water
Water-Wind: Inauspicious. The encounter of water and wind
Fire
་ brings disharmony together. Disharmony separates friends.
་ ་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
Wind
Earth-Fire: Inauspicious. The encounter of earth and fire brings
burning together. Burning creates suffering.
In Tibetan astrology the energies of the four elements, earth, water, fire and ་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
wind, are described to influence our days. It is either the double strength
of one element or the union of two elements that predominates. According Fire-Water: Inauspicious. The encounter of fire and water brings
to the compatible or incompatible nature of the elements the days will be death. Death robs life away.
auspicious or inauspicious for particular activities. It is something to be ་་་་་་།༐་་་་་་།
considered in case of choice.
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January 2019
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3 Sun Thanksgiving to Dharma-Protectors
་། 29
February 2019
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5 Tue Tibetan New Year
་། 1
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19 Tue Buddha’s Great Miracles
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22 Fri Kyabje Rabten Parinirvana
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25 Mon
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March 2019
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19 Fri Good Friday
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May 2019
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17 Mon Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment, Parinirvana
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July 2019
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16 Tue Offering to all Protectors
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September 2019
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1 Fri All Saints
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November 2019
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December 2019
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17 Tue Kyabje Ling Parinirvana
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25 Wed Christmas Day
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1 Wed Ten Good Omens
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January 2020
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6 Mon Epiphany
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22 Sat Thanksgiving to Dharma-Protectors
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9 Mon Buddha’s Great Miracles
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