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    Full Moon Buddha Day

    Tibetan · 15th day — Amitabha and the multiplication of merit

    Tradition
    Buddhist
    Next observed
    January 22, 1970

    What It Is

    The full moon is the fifteenth day, sacred to Amitabha, Buddha of Boundless Light, and held in Tibetan reckoning to be a day when the fruit of any action — helpful or harmful — is greatly multiplied. Monastics renew their vows at the full moon; lay practitioners take the eight precepts for the day. The moon full and unobstructed is itself the teaching: the mind's nature was never diminished, only obscured.

    How to Observe It

    Do one clearly good thing today and let it be larger than convenience — a real gift, a real apology, a real hour of practice. Recite OM AMI DEWA HRIH. Keep the day free of meat and harsh speech if you can, and dedicate everything gained to all beings without exception.

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