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	Kalacakra Calendar
		The Tibetans used it as the basis for their calendar, which theoretically started in 1027, but have mostly never followed the precise instructions as given in the original Kalacakra literature.
		However, there is one calendar that was developed in Tibet in the 15th century in the system known as the "Correction of Error" ('khrul sel) that closely followed the instructions in the original Kalacakra literature.
		If that calendar had been developed further and then maintained by means of regular adjustment on the basis of observation, it would be essentially the same as the calendar presented here.
	www.kalacakra.org /calendar/kcal.htm (1307 words)

	Tibetan Calendar
		Tibetan fused the Indian Astronomy, the Tibetan creativities and the Han calendars (rgya-rtsis) to form their own calendars, later they adopted more from the Han calendars to form the present Tibetan calendars.
		II: The Tibetan and the Han calendar are Solar-Lunar calendars.
		In fact, in the Solar-Lunar calendar, the month is counted by the position of the moon, and the year is counted by the position of the sun.
	omni.cc.purdue.edu /~wtv/tibet/calend.html (1238 words)

	Tibetan Astrology
		The calendar in the form of an almanac is still quite important in the daily life of the Tibetans to ensure that their daily activities are in tune with the cosmos.
		Tibetan astrology is not only strongly linked to religion, also Tibetan medical practitioners would study astrology (and religious texts) to determine the timing of medication etc.
		The Tibetans started to adopt the 60 year cycle in 1027, as it was taught both in the Kalachakra tantra and the Chinese tradition.
	www.geocities.com /buddhism2001/astrology.html (1921 words)

	Welcome to TibetanPrayerFlag.com - An Online Authentic Tibetan Store
		TSAMPA is a Tibetan word meaning roasted barley or any other grain flour, used in a number of auspicious occasions and it is also the staple food of Tibet.
		Tibetan prayer flags constitutes of 5 colors and they should be in a proper sequence each symbolizing the elements of nature.
		Tibetan people, almost all Buddhists, do believe that it is very good to practice the mantra of Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion (The protective deity of Tibet), which may, relieve negative karma, accumulate merit, help rescue them from the sea of suffering and achieve Buddha hood.
	www.tibetanprayerflag.com /history.html (7180 words)

	Tibet Travel Information: Tibetan Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The first circle of Tibetan Calendar began in 1027, and the year of 1982 was called as 'Water Dog' in Tibet according to this method.
		For its research on climate, weather and geography, Tibetan Calendar is also widely advocated in Tibetan Medicine for picking and making herbal medicines, pulse examination and other treatments.
		Tibetan festivals are also dated on this calendar.
	www.tibettrip.com /features/calendar.htm (601 words)

	Tibetan culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tibetan art is deeply religious in nature, from the exquistely detailed statues found in Gompas to wooden carvings and the intricate designs of the Thangka paintings.
		Tibetan festivals such as Losar, Shoton, and the Bathing Festival are deeply rooted in indigenous religion, and also contain foreign influences.
		The Tibetan opera was founded in the 14th century by Thangthong Gyalpo, a Lama and a bridge builder.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tibetan_culture (635 words)

	Tibetan Calendar
		Tibetan calendar making is based on the Sri Kalachakra Tantra (Wheel of Time Tantra), which was translated into Tibetan from Sanskrit in 1027 A.D. The first chapter of these high level Buddhistic teachings, External Kalachakra, includes Tibetan cosmology and chronological studies.
		When the calendar of the Tibetan New Year defines the official time calculation, then systems of the Kalachakra New Year and the Elemental New Year are essential for astrological calculations.
		Tibetan calendars are also prepared for observing either the Kalachakra New Year or the Elemental New Year.
	www.tactus.dk /tacom/calendar1.htm (853 words)

	Special Days
		The Tibetan type of calendar is similar to other ancient ones in that it requires periodic adjusting.
		It is determined by the conjunction of the lunar calendar with the solar cycle.
		For the Amdo Tibetan nomads, the first thing to be done on the morning of the Tibetan Lunar New Year is always to climb to the top of a hill near their settlement and try to be the first person to burn juniper branches to worship the local protector deities.
	www.khandro.net /calendar_special_days.htm (2779 words)

	Tibetan Culture Preservation in Canada
		Tibetan clothing is made for a gait that develops calmness, leisure and energy conserving traits.
		The majority of Tibetans are Buddhist and therefore are forbidden from harming animals, insects and all living things as well as trees, rivers and mountains.
		The Chinese language is forced upon Tibetans and the Tibetan language is not permitted to grow and enrich itself.
	www.geocities.com /tcpc2001ca (485 words)

	The Tibetan Language School of Sichuan Province
		Tibetans are a large minority nationality among the nationalities of China, and the Tibetan ethnographic area is vast.
		Tibetan Language School of Sichuan Province is the first secondary vocational school in a Tibetan area taking Tibetan language as the main course and medium of instruction.
		All of the education experts and scholars having investigated in the school have concluded that the Tibetan language level of the graduates of this school surpasses the level of the graduates of colleges and universities.
	khamaid.org /programs/education/tibschool.htm (1236 words)

	Astrology associated with Kalacakra
		The structure of that calendar is defined by calculations that are based on original methods given in the Kalacakra Tantra and its commentary the Vimalaprabha.
		This is the key problem with the Tibetan calendar, and the Vimalprabha, the Kalacakra commentary, makes it very clear that the longitude of the Sun needs to be correct, and needs to be adjusted according to the occurence of the winter solstice.
		The basic structure of the calendar has symbolic information applied to it, from both Indian and Chinese systems, and the naming of the months - together with their other characteristics - is clearly a critical part of this.
	www.kalacakra.org /calendar/tibast01.htm (1373 words)

	Buddhist Calendars, calenders, tibetan
		Calendar is endorsed by Tibet House, the popular and worthwhile nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of Tibetan culture.
		Your purchase of this calendar helps to support the Tibetan Lama Fund, which is building housing for refugee monks in India, and the Development of Children and Women Center in Kathmandu.
		The Tibetan Visions 2007 wall calendar profiles four contemporary Tibetan artists who are contributing to a renaissance of Tibetan culture that is modern yet imbued with the power and soul of the past.
	www.namsebangdzo.com /Buddhist_Calendars_s/4.htm (1066 words)

	Tibetan Festivals
		Tibetans are supposed to see in the New Year with these sweets piled high on their tray.
		The Tibetan New Year is known as 'Losar', the most popular of all the festivals of the year, when even young Tibetans wear chuba and pay their first visit of the year to a temple with their family early in the morning.
		On New Year's Day, Tibetans are supposed to offer ornaments called 'Chemar' and chang beer to their households deity and to the water dragon who takes care of their water supply.
	www.kotan.org /tibet/festivals.html (1472 words)

	Calendar
		The Tibetan calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, and various dates are considered especially auspicious or inauspicious for certain practices.
		As the lunar cycle is less than 30 days, and the year is divided into 12 months, tricks are applied to compensate for the difference between the 12 moon cycles in approximately 354 days and the actual 365-something days of the year.
		The birthdays of great Tibetan saints are usually celebrated on the same date of the lunar calendar.
	www.omplace.com /omsites/Buddhism/calendar.html (1342 words)

	Calendar
		The following are inauspicious dates according to the Tibetan calendar: 10th and 22nd of the First, Fifth and Ninth months; 7th and 19th of the Second, Sixth and Tenth months; 4th and 16th of the Third, Seventh and Eleventh months; 1st and 13th of the Fourth, Eighth and Twelfth months.
		So if you need to know accurately how old a Tibetan is, try to find out when he or she was born according to the Western calendar.
		Tibetan Astro-Science, by Jhampa Kalsang, astrology paintings by Buchung Tsering, Tibetdomani, Rome, 2001.
	buddhism.kalachakranet.org /calendar.html (1834 words)

	Tibetan Main Festivals - Tibet Travel Information
		According to legend, on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Tibetan calendar, people will go up the mountains to collect medicines because it is on the day that the San Marinese will scatter holy water and medicine.
		The fifth month by the Tibetan calendar is the best season for Lingka, so people leave their houses and put up tents in the thick forest in Lingka, and happily enjoy the charity of nature...
		Each year, on the 15th of the tenth month in Tibetan calendar, religious activities are held in temples throughout Tibet,especially for Tibetan women to pray for happy marriage and true love.
	www.tibettravel.info /tibet-festival/index.html (1043 words)

	Tibetan Calendar Converter
		Unfortunately, pre-modern Tibetan literature doesn't always identify dates with all three of these parts — often only the animal and element are explicitly mentioned (and sometimes not even these are given — there are other systems for identifying Tibetan dates.
		It is possible to reverse the calculation, to convert Western years into their Tibetan equivalents, but I regard the results as somewhat misleading on account of the difficulty of determining when Losar falls.
		I created this calculator because I discovered that, although there is a lot of Tibetan astrological information available on the Internet, there is very little out there to help students of history (or dilettantes like myself) puzzle their way through the quagmire of the Tibetan calendrical system.
	www.phlonx.com /resources/tibetan_calendar.php (936 words)

	The Tibetan Calendar from Nitartha
		The print version of the Complete Tibetan Calendar 2006 is available from Snow Lion Publications or a Nalandabodhi center near you.
		The tradition of Tibetan astrology holds great value for those interested in preserving this ancient form of culture and knowledge, as well as for those who see its applications as a system of knowledge and prediction in our current time.
		The Complete Tibetan Calendar is a good example of Nitartha's use of technology to present ancient wisdom for the modern mind.
	www.nitartha.org /calendar_tibetan.html (432 words)

	An Introduction To Tibetan Astro. Science
		For example, the eclipse of the Sun is explained by both modern astronomy and the Kalachakra system as the phenomenon of the Moon's path passing between the Sun and the Earth, whereas the Hindu Vedas attribute the eclipse to Rahu, the shadowy planet, swallowing the moon.
		Tibetan and Indian astronomy share a conception of the planets, the stars, the constellations and the houses of the zodiac.
		The three outer planets are not recognised by Tibetan astrologers, as they don't appear in the Kalachakra Tantra; in addition, Tibetan astrologers believe that they are too far from the earth to exert a noticeable influence.
	www.tibet.com /Med_Astro/astro.html (1508 words)

	Tibetan Festivals and Events
		As Tibetan operas are performed and Buddha paintings are exhibited at this time, it is also called "Tibetan Opera Festival" or "Buddha Exhibition Festival." The traditional way of starting the Shoton Festival is to show Buddha paintings.
		The Ongkor Festival is an old festival in farming areas of Tibet held in each August according to Tibetan calendar when all crops are waiting for harvest.
		It is usually held between June and July in Tibetan calendar, when the pasture is lush and horses@and cows are stout and strong.
	www.accesstibettour.com /tibetan-festivals.html (385 words)

	China Ethnic Minority: Zang (Tibetan) People
		The Tibetan language that belongs to the Tibetan-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan language family is divided into three dialects and has both spoken and written forms.
		In the scientific arena, Tibetan medicine, combining various forms of traditional Chinese medicine, is said to have developed the schools of acupuncture and massage.
		The Tibetan calendar is also worthy of mention, for it is complete and has helped the Zang people a lot.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/nationality/tibetan/index.htm (620 words)

	Tibetan Holidays and Events
		The Tibetan medicine tradition is based on a revelation from the Medicine Buddha that shows the whole of life as a pathway to good health, happiness, and enlightenment.
		Tibetan medicine considers the ultimate causes of disease to be the stress-reactive mental habits of alienation, anger and fear, which imbalance the life-process and reinforce disease-prone lifestyles.
		Each year, Tibetans and their supporters around the world commemorate the day to honor the estimated 87,000 who died during that week and to those who continue to struggle for religious freedom and political independence inside occupied Tibet.
	www.newstrolls.com /news/dev/wmeyers/events.html (3646 words)

	Cultural Calendars -- The Calendar Zone
		The lunar calendar was used to determine feasting or fasting days, and the solar calendar to mark the passing of days, months, and years.
		Genealogy in France: Republican Calendar -- Also known as " French Revolutionaly Calendar ", this calendar was in used in France from 1793 to 1805, and 1871 (only in Paris).
		Maya Calendar -- The Maya Calendar was the center of Maya life and their greatest achievement.
	www.calendarzone.com /Cultural (1602 words)

	Table of Years 1027-1566
		The Tibetan astronomical system and calendar making is based on the Sri Kalachakra Tantra (Wheel of Time Tantra), which was translated into Tibetan from Sanskrit in 1027 A.D. Therefore Tibetan calendar also began year 1027, which was a Fire-Rabbit Year.
		The Tibetan calendar operates with a 60-year cycle of five elements and twelve animals.
		Please remember that the Tibetan New Year is around February, while the Elemental New Year is two to three months earlier in December.
	www.tactus.dk /tacom/calendar4.htm (124 words)

	Amazon.com: Tibetan Astrology: Books: Philippe Cornu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is a perfect introduction to the methods of Tibetan Astrology for both Dharma students and astrologers alike.
		We are told that most Tibetan astrologers do not follow the astronomical rule when creating the calendar, that they just excise inauspicious days (and double the auspicious ones), but we are never told by which criteria those days are selected, and a little study show that the regular methods do not work here.
		Tibetan Astrology is quite complex and needs an understanding of the cultural and spiritual history of this mysterious country.
	www.amazon.com /Tibetan-Astrology-Philippe-Cornu/dp/1570622175 (1645 words)

	Tibetan Traditional Hospital: Lhasa Attractions, Lhasa Tours
		Located at Yuthok Lu, west of Jokhang Temple; Tibetan traditional hospital (called Mentsekhang in Tibetan) was originally built in 1916 as the center of research for Tibetan medicine as well as for calendar calculation.
		Tibetan traditional hospital is the largest one of its kind in Tibet.
		The hospital focuses on the research of Tibetan traditional medicine as well as the calendar calculation for many years.
	www.warriortours.com /cityguides/tibet/lhasa.htm (196 words)

	Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts/Shoton 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The other origin of the Shoton is concerned with Jamyang Choje Tashi Palden, the main disciple of Je Tsongkhapa, who was born on the 6th day of the sixth month of the Tibetan calendar (Earth-Sheep year) at Samye.
		The curd, being white in color, represents auspiciousness (in Tibetan, curd is sho and festival is ton).
		The name "Tibetan Shoton" reflects the fact that Shoton is a part of the entire Tibetan Culture not just a feature of a single monastery.
	www.tibetanarts.org /Shoton05.html (502 words)

	Tibetan Terrier - Canada's Guide to Dogs
		The Tibetan Terrier (often called TTs) originated in the Lost Valley of Tibet and was regarded as a holy dog and one who brought good luck to those who owned them.
		As with all breeds of dogs, the Tibetan Terrier breed is known to be affected by some hereditary disorders.
		If you are considering the adoption of a Tibetan Terrier puppy, or any breed, it is very important to be selective in choosing a responsible and reputable breeder.
	www.canadasguidetodogs.com /tibetanterrier.htm (877 words)

	Tibetan Portal - various Tibetan language software issues and tools
		THDL, the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library, under the direction of David Germano, is the ultimate source for different Tibetan tools.
		Tibetan Unicode Keyboards for Mac OS 10.3+ using an Apple specified XML scheme.
		Tibetan on the Macintosh is a blog by Michael Essex that looks at various fonts, editors, and more!
	www.tibetanportal.com (970 words)

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