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'''Saga Dawa''' [Tib.] the fourth lunar month of the Tibetan 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 or Vaishakha is one of the [[twenty-eight constellations]], corresponding to Alpha Libroe.</ref> Dawa''' (Skt. ''Vaiśākha''; Tib.
ས་ག་ཟླ་བ་, [[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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Latest revision as of 11:21, 16 February 2021

Saga[1] Dawa (Skt. Vaiśākha; Tib. ས་ག་ཟླ་བ་, 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 or Vaishakha is one of the twenty-eight constellations, corresponding to Alpha Libroe.

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