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2. Tibetan calendar - Wikipedia

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   The Tibetan calendar (Tibetan: ལོ་ཐོ, Wylie: lo-tho), or the Phukpa calendar, known as the Tibetan lunar calendar, is a lunisolar calendar composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a new moon. A thirteenth month is added every two or three years, so that an average Tibetan year is equal to the solar year ...

3. Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition

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   The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) was founded in 1975 by Gelugpa Lamas Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who began teaching Tibetan Buddhism to Western students in Nepal. The FPMT has grown to encompass over 138 dharma centers, projects, and services in 34 countries. Lama Yeshe led the organization ...

4. Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa - Wikipedia

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   The Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) in Pomaia, a village in Tuscany, in Italy (40 km south of Pisa) is a branch of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), an international network of Gelugpa dharma centers. It is named for Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelugpa monastic order of Tibetan Buddhism.

5. Chotrul Duchen - Wikipedia

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   Chotrul Düchen occurs on the first full moon (Bumgyur Dawa) of the fifteenth day after Losar, the New Year in the lunar Tibetan calendar. The preceding fifteen days are called the Miracle Month that celebrate miracles the Buddha displayed in Sravasti for his disciples and guests so as to increase their devotion. [ 2 ]

6. Ashtamangala - Wikipedia

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   Śaṅkha Auspicious symbol – conch Rewalsar. The right-turning white conch shell (Sanskrit: śaṅkha; Tibetan: དུང་དཀར་གཡས་འཁྱིལ་, THL: dungkar yénkhyil) represents the beautiful, deep, melodious, interpenetrating and pervasive sound of the dharma, which awakens disciples from the deep slumber of ignorance and urges them to accomplish their own welfare ...

7. Thubten Shedrup Ling - Wikipedia

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   Thubten Shedrup Ling is the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Australia. It is located near Bendigo , Victoria , and is a member of the International Mahayana Institute of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ( FPMT ).