AUSPICIOUS DAYS

From the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FMPT) website;

see http://www.fpmt.org/resources/dates_explain.asp#fd

1. BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES OF HOLY BEINGS

2. BUDDHA DAY-B

Karmic results are multiplied by one hundred million, as cited by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the Vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic.

• • Days 1—15 of Month 1: Lord Buddha performed many miracles; the 15th is Day of Miracles.

  • Day 7 of Month 4: Lord Buddha’s conception (or, according to Geshe Dakpa and other sources, Buddha’s birth).

  • Day 15 of Month 4: Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana (Or, according to Geshe Dakpa et al, only the latter two).

  • Day4 of Month 6: Lord Buddha’s first teaching.

  • Day 15 of Month 6: Alternative day for Lord Buddha’s conception.

  • Day 15 of Month 9: Lord Buddha’s acceptance to descend from God Realm of Thirty-three.

  • Day 22 of Month 9: Lord Buddha’s actual descent from God Realm of Thirty- three.

3. ECLIPSE

Karmic results are multiplied by one hundred million on solar eclipses and seven million on lunar.

4. EIGHT MAHAYANA PRECEPTS

Rinpoche recommends taking these 24-hour vows on days on which the karmic effects of positive actions are multiplied:

• • Buddha days (see above)

  • Days 8, 15 (full moon) and 30 (new Moon) of every Tibetan month

  • Eclipses (see above)

  • Full Moon 15th of Tibetan month; good for practice

  • New Moon 30th of Tibetan month; good for practice.