Shechen Monastery in Nepal Schedule for Winter/Spring 2015
November 18th, 2014 | Published in NEWS
See the schedule of events for Shechen Monastery, Nepal, for the winter and spring of 2015.
| ShechenMonasteryEventsCalendar: Winter/Spring2014-15 | |||
| Tibetan Date | Western Date | Time | Program o fEvents 2014-15 |
| 3-9th day of11th month | 24-30 December2014 | Kagye Deshe Dupa”kagyetortog” | |
| similar to above | similar to above | Shechen Bodhgaya:RangjungPemaNyingthik drupcho | |
| 1st day 12th month to 10th day 12thmonth | January21-292015 | daily | Nyingma Monlam in Bodhgaya, India |
| 18thday,12thmonth | 6thFebruary | all day | Ceremonies for anniversary of Kunkhyen LongchenRabjam |
| 6.00pm | Dialectics debate by the Shedra Students | ||
| 20thday,12thmonth | 9thFebruary | 8.00am | Yamataka Drupchen Begins:Blessing of the Ground |
| 21stday,12thmonth | 10thFebruary | 6.00pm | Blessing of the Torma |
| 22-26th | February11-15 | 6.00am | Yamantaka Gutor,to avert negativity for the new year. |
| 27thday,12thmonth | 16thFebruary | 4.00am | Prayers |
| 10.00am | Cham,sacred lama dances related to theYamantaka ritual | ||
| 28thday,12thmonth | 17thFebruary | 3.00am | Prayers |
| 1.00pm | Conclusion of the ceremony | ||
| 29thday,12thmonth(fullmoon,no30ththismonth) | 18thFebruary | 4.00am | Offering tormas to dharmapalas and offering thanks. |
| TibetanNewYear”Losar”2142(19thFebruary2015)Year of the WoodSheep | |||
| 8thday,1stmonth | 26thFebruary | 4.00am8.00am | Vajrasattva Drupchen begins(MinlingDorsem) |
| Blessing of the Ground and Tagön Vajrasattva Drupchen | |||
| 9thday,1stmonth | 27thFebruary | 3.00pm | Closing the Mandala |
| 10th-15thday | 28Feb-5March | 6.00am | Main Minling Dorsem Drupchen for seven days |
| 17thday | 7thMarch | 3.30am | Receiving Blessing |
| 20thday | 10thMarch |
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Blessing of the Ground and Tagon For the Tsokchen Duepa & Four Ka’ma Drupchens |
| 21stday | 11thMarch | 9.00am | Five Ka’ma Drupchen and Ceremonies begin Ka’maTsalCham (LamaDanceassociatedwithKa’maTeachings)Anniversary of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo |
| 24thday | 14thMarch | 1.00pm | (Gyenkod)ClosingtheMandalaFortheFiveKa’maCeremonies |
| 25thday1stmonth,to1stday2ndmonth | 15-21March | allday | Main part of theTshokchenDuepaDupchen & Four Ka’ma Drupcho forSevenDays |
| 30thday1stmonth | 20thMarch | Puja and Garcham(Dance) | |
| 1stday,2ndmonth | 21stMarch | Fire Puja & Anniversary of Penor Rinpoche | |
| 2ndday | 22ndMarch | 3.00am | Receiving Blessing TshokchenDuepa and otherDrupchensAnniversary of TerdakLingpa |
| 3,5,6of2ndmonth(NB4thdaymissing) | 23-25March | 9.00am | Shechen Annual GeneralExecutive Meeting |
| 8thday,2ndmonth | 27thMarch | 6.00am | Ceremony of Lama Sangdu for Three Days |
| 9thday,2ndmonth | 28thMarch | 5.00am11.00am | LamaSangduPujaRehearsal of the Tse-chu Dance Festival in the Courtyard |
| 10thday,2ndmonth | 29thMarch | 3.00am9.00am | Lama Sangdu Puja |
| Great Tse-Chu Festival of Sacred Dances | |||
| 11thday,2ndmonth | 30thMarch | 9.00am | Lama Sangdu Empowerment |
| 12thday,2ndmonth | 1stApril | 9.00am | Annual Examination Results |
| 15thday,2ndmonthto8thday,4thmonth | 4thAprilto26thMay | Monastery Vacation | |
