Calendar - Kadampa Buddhism

Calendar

International and regional courses and observance days and special celebrations of Modern Kadampa Buddhism

	January 2023
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2	3 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - January 31, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	4 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 1, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	5 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 2, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	6 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 3, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	7 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 4, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	8 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 5, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal ■ Tara Day Tara Day January 8, 2023 Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Each of the Twenty-one Taras is a manifestation of the principal Tara, Green Tara. Tara is also known as the ‘Mother of the Conquerors’. Find out more Add to Gcal • •
9 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 6, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	10 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 7, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal ■ Tsog Day Tsog Day January 10, 2023 Each month there are two days, the 10th and 25th, on which it is especially important for practitioners of Highest Yoga Tantra in general, and of Heruka and Vajrayogini in particular to perform a tsog offering. The tsog offering is very important for renewing commitments and averting obstacles. It is a special method through which we come under the care and guidance of the Dakas and Dakinis who bestow completion stage realizations. Our wealth, merit, and great bliss will increase through this practice. Find out more about Offering to the Spiritual Guide Find out more about Tsog Days Add to Gcal ■ Vajrayogini Day Vajrayogini Day January 10, 2023 Vajrayogini is a female Highest Yoga Tantra Deity who is the embodiment of indivisible bliss and emptiness. She is the same nature as Heruka. The instruction of Vajrayogini is the most profound teaching of Highest Yoga Tantra. In many respects, it is ideally suited to the present day, for example because it reveals how we can transform our attachment into the spiritual path. Originally taught by Buddha Vajradhara within Heruka Tantra, it is the supreme method for purifying our environment, body, and mind, and is one of the main practices of our Kadampa tradition. For a commentary to the practice of Vajrayogini, see the book Guide to Dakini Land. Find out more here Add to Gcal • • •	11 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 8, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	12 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 9, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	13 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 10, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	14 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 11, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	15 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 12, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal ■ Precepts Day Precepts Day January 15, 2023 The essence of the practice is to take eight precepts and to keep them purely for a period of twenty-four hours. By doing this practice again and again, we acquaint ourself with the practice of moral discipline and thereby make our human life meaningful. Find out more about taking precepts Add to Gcal • •
16 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 13, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	17 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 14, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	18 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 15, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	19 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 16, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	20 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 17, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	21 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 18, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	22 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 19, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •
23 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 20, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	24 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 21, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	25 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 22, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal ■ Heruka Day Heruka Day January 25, 2023 Heruka is a principal Deity (Tantric Buddha) of Mother Tantra, who is the embodiment of indivisible bliss and emptiness. Heruka has a blue-coloured body, four faces, and twelve arms, and embraces his consort Vajravarahi. These two are not two different entities, as an ordinary husband and wife are two different people; in reality, their divine embrace symbolizes the union of great bliss and emptiness, which are one and the same essence. For the practice of Heruka, see the book Essence of Vajrayana and the CD Songs of the Vajra Father. Find out more here Add to Gcal ■ Tsog Day Tsog Day January 25, 2023 Each month there are two days, the 10th and 25th, on which it is especially important for practitioners of Highest Yoga Tantra in general, and of Heruka and Vajrayogini in particular to perform a tsog offering. The tsog offering is very important for renewing commitments and averting obstacles. It is a special method through which we come under the care and guidance of the Dakas and Dakinis who bestow completion stage realizations. Our wealth, merit, and great bliss will increase through this practice. Find out more about Offering to the Spiritual Guide Find out more about Tsog Days Add to Gcal • • •	26 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 23, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	27 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 24, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	28 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 25, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	29 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 26, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal ■ Protector Day Protector Day January 29, 2023 A Dharma Protector is a Buddha appearing in a protecting aspect, whose main functions are to avert inner and outer obstacles that prevent practitioners from gaining spiritual realizations, and to arrange all the necessary conditions for their spiritual development. The Dharma Protector Dorje Shugdän is an emanation of the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri, who always helps, guides, and protects sincere practitioners by granting blessings, increasing their wisdom, and fulfilling their virtuous wishes. See the book Heart Jewel for more information. Find out more here Add to Gcal • •
30 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 27, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •	31 ■ Heruka & Vajrayogini Month Heruka & Vajrayogini Month January 3, 2023 - February 28, 2023 The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. Find more information Add to Gcal •