The month of Saka Dawa (May 25 - June 22, 2009) is the most sacred in the Tibetan calender. It is said in the Sutras, that all virtuous actions undertaken during this month are multiplied many millions of times (What happens the to the unvirtous actions is a moot point..) .
The full-moon day of that month (this year 7th June) is celebrated as the day of Buddha's Birth, enlightenment and paranirvana.

mayadevi

Birth

mara

Enlightenment

paranirvana

paranirvana
NNaturally, this is a very good time to go on pigrimage. Many Tibetans, sometimes whole villages, take to Kang Rimpoche/MT Kailash, the holiest mountatin in the Himalaya. There, they prayerfully circumambulate the Jewel of Snows,  sometimes prostrating on the way.

kaliash -clear
A big celebration takes place in Tarboche, on the south-west plain adjacent to Mt Kailash.


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paranirvana Raising the Prayer flag at Tarboche, MT, Kailash
So, do good and be happy. All sentient beings are counting on your good deeds.

bidanath full moon


Love and pranams,
Billy


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