Note 26 — Chapter XI · SOCIAL DIVISIONS—MARRIAGE—FUNERALS—MEDICINE—FESTIVALS.
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Our author mentions also the following festivals:—
15th of 1st moon: Buddha’s birthday.
15th of 3rd moon,, First preaching of the Kalachakra tantra.
8th of 4th moon,, Buddha became a mendicant.
15th of 4th moon,, Buddha’s nirvana.
5th of 5th moon,, Feast of god of medicine.
4th of 6th moon,, Buddha’s first sermon.
10th of 7th moon,, Birth of Padma chyung-nas (Padma Sambhava).
15th of 7th moon,, The snowy mountains are worshipped.
25th of 10th moon,, Birth of Tsongkhapa.
Cf. Waddell, op. cit., 502 et sqq. ↑