Alu Agay

20 May, 2023: Today marks the first day of the “Saga Dawa” observed during the fourth month of the Bhutanese calendar. The Saga Dawa, called the “month of merits” is the month during which five important life events of Lord Buddha took place. It is believed that Lord Buddha was conceived, born, defeated evil forces, attained enlightenment and passed away into mahaparinirvana on the 15th day of this month. Therefore, this month is one of the most auspicious times for Buddhist. It is said that both positive and negative deeds during this month is multiplied 100,000 times.

𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲:
• 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 – 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
• 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀
• 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀
• 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀
• 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
• 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀
• 𝗛𝗼𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀
• 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
• 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀
• 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗮, 𝗗𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮
• 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆

The Saga Dawa will come to an end on June 18, 2023.