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| − | '''[[Chotrul Düchen]]''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[cho 'phrul dus chen]]''), the '[[Festival of Miracles]]' — one of the [[four major Buddhist holidays]]. It occurs on the [[full moon]] (the fifteenth day) of the first Tibetan month, which is called Bumgyur Dawa. The first fifteen days of the year celebrate the fifteen days on which, in order to increase the [[merit]] and the devotion of future disciples, [[Buddha]] displayed a different miracle. | + | '''[[Chotrul Düchen]]''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[cho 'phrul dus chen]]''), the '[[Festival of Miracles]]' — one of the [[four major Buddhist holidays]]. It occurs on the [[full moon]] (the fifteenth day) of the first [[Tibetan]] month, which is called Bumgyur Dawa. The first fifteen days of the year celebrate the fifteen days on which, in order to increase the [[merit]] and the [[devotion]] of {{Wiki|future}} [[disciples]], [[Buddha]] displayed a different [[miracle]]. |
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| + | [[Chotrul Düchen]]: [[Tibetan]] {{Wiki|festival}}. During the first two weeks of the [[Tibetan New Year]] (which is based on a different system than the {{Wiki|Chinese}} {{Wiki|lunar calendar}}), it is celebrated that the [[Buddha]] displayed a [[miracle]] each day to increase the [[merit]] and [[devotion]] of {{Wiki|future}} [[disciples]]. | ||
As [[Jikmé Lingpa]] said: | As [[Jikmé Lingpa]] said: | ||
| − | :Through the magical power of your miracles in [[Shravasti]], | + | :Through the [[magical]] power of your [[miracles]] in [[Shravasti]], |
| − | :You rendered speechless the [[tirthika]] teachers who, | + | :You rendered speechless the [[tirthika]] [[teachers]] who, |
| − | :With all their analysis and research, drunk on the wine of indulgence, had become oppressive in the extreme. | + | :With all their analysis and research, drunk on the wine of {{Wiki|indulgence}}, had become oppressive in the extreme. |
:In the final contest they were humbled, their prestige all drained away, | :In the final contest they were humbled, their prestige all drained away, | ||
:As you triumphed through ‘the [[four bases of miraculous powers]]’. | :As you triumphed through ‘the [[four bases of miraculous powers]]’. | ||
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[[Category:Buddhist Holidays]] | [[Category:Buddhist Holidays]] | ||
[[Category:Tibetan calendar]] | [[Category:Tibetan calendar]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Tibetan Buddhist Festival"s]] | ||
Revision as of 02:53, 25 March 2014
Chotrul Düchen (Wyl. cho 'phrul dus chen), the 'Festival of Miracles' — one of the four major Buddhist holidays. It occurs on the full moon (the fifteenth day) of the first Tibetan month, which is called Bumgyur Dawa. The first fifteen days of the year celebrate the fifteen days on which, in order to increase the merit and the devotion of future disciples, Buddha displayed a different miracle.
Chotrul Düchen: Tibetan festival. During the first two weeks of the Tibetan New Year (which is based on a different system than the Chinese lunar calendar), it is celebrated that the Buddha displayed a miracle each day to increase the merit and devotion of future disciples.
As Jikmé Lingpa said:
- Through the magical power of your miracles in Shravasti,
- You rendered speechless the tirthika teachers who,
- With all their analysis and research, drunk on the wine of indulgence, had become oppressive in the extreme.
- In the final contest they were humbled, their prestige all drained away,
- As you triumphed through ‘the four bases of miraculous powers’.
