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Year 2002 Calendar of Buddhist Events
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January February March April May June
July August September October November December
(and January 2003)
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January 2002
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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1
Chan Meditation
Kwanzaa ends
New Year's Day
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2
Chan Meditation
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3
Chan Meditation
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4
Chan Meditation
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5
Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
Epiphany
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7
Chan Meditation
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8
Chan Meditation
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9
Chan Meditation
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10
Chan Meditation
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11
Chan Meditation
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12
Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
New Moon Day
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14
Chan Meditation
IGDVS Teachers Work Day (no school)
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15
Chan Meditation
IGDVS classes begin
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16
Chan Meditation
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17
Chan Meditation
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18
Chan Meditation
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19
Chan Meditation
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| 20
Anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha's
Enlightenment (actual day)
Chan Meditation
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21
DRBU Semester ends
Completion of Chan Meditation
(evening)
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day (no
school)
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22
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
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23
DRBU Registration
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24
IGDVS Final Exams
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25
IGDVS Final Exam
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Full Moon Day
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28
DRBU Spring Semester begins
IGDVS Spring Semester begins
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31 |
1/28-6/14 DRBU and IGDVS Spring Semester |
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February 2002
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| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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Avatamsaka Bodhisattva's Birthday
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11
Chinese New Year's Eve
(no
school)
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12
Maitreya Bodhisattva's Birthday
New Year Mantra Recitation
Chinese New Year
(no
school)
New Moon Day
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13
Orthodox Ash Wednesday
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Samadhi Light Buddha's Birthday
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18
Presidents' Day
(IGDVS no school)
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20
Venerable God Shakra's Birthday
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21
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
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23
'Eid al-Adha (begins at sundown of previous
day)
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26
Purim (begins at sundown of previous
day)
Full Moon Day
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March 2002
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| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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14
New Moon Day
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15
IGDVS Teachers Work Day (half day
school)
Al-Hijra/Muharram: Islamic New Year (begins
at sundown of previous day)
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St. Patrick's Day
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18
Lent Begins (Orthodox)
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20
Western Spring Equinox
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21
Shakyamuni Buyddha's Leaving Home
Day
Sixth Patriarch's Birthday
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23
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
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Palm Sunday
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28
Shakyamuni Buddha's Nirvana
Full Moon Day
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29
Cherishing Youth Day
Good Friday
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30
Purify the Boundaries for Gwan Yin
Recitation (evening)
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Celebration of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva's
Birthday
Gwan Yin Recitation
Easter Sunday
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March 31 - April
06 : Gwan Yin Recitation |
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April 2002
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| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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1
Gwan Yin Bodhisattva's Birthday (Actual
day)
Gwan Yin Recitation
IGDVS Spring Break begins
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2
Gwan Yin Recitation
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3
Universal Worthy Bodhisattva's Birthday
(actual day)
Gwan Yin Recitation
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4
Gwan Yin Recitation
Pesach (Passover) ends
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5
Gwan Yin Recitation
IGDVS Spring Break ends
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6
Completion of Gwan Yin Recitation
(evening)
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Introduction to Chan Meditation begins
(evening)
Daylight Savings Time
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8
Chan Meditation
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9
Chan Meditation
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10
Completion of Introduction to Chan
Meditation
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13
New Moon Day
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22
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
Earth Day
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23
Purify the Boundaries for Ten Thousand
Buddhas Jeweled Repentance (evening)
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24
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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25
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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26
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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27
Great Master Chang Jr's Leaving Home
Day
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
Full Moon Day
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Junti Bodhisattva's Birthday
Venerable Master Hua's Birthday
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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29
Great Master Chang Ren's Birthday
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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30
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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April 01 - 05 :
IGDVS Spring Break
March 31 - April 06 : Gwan Yin
Recitation
April 07 - 10 : Chan Meditation
Session
April 24 - May 16 : Ten Thousand Buddhas
Jeweled Repentance
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May 2002
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| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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1
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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2
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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3
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
Orthodox Good Friday
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4
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
Orthodox Easter (Pascha)
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6
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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7
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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8
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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9
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
Ascension Day
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10
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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11
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
Mother's Day
New Moon Day
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13
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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14
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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15
Manjushri Bodhisattva's Birthday
Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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16
Completion of Ten Thousand Buddhas Jeweled
Repentance
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17
Shavu'ot (begins at sundown of previous
day)
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18
Shavu'ot
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Celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha's Birthday
(actual day)
Pentecost (Whitsuntide)
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21
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
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24 |
25
Maul idon Nabi : Birth of the Prophet of
Islam (begins at sundown of previous day)
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Full Moon Day
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27
DRBU Finals
Memorial Day
(IGDVS no school)
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31 |
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June 2002
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| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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3 |
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5 |
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7 |
8
Medicine King Bodhisattva's
Birthday
Orthodox Pentecost
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10
DRBU & IGDVS Final Exams begin
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11
New Moon Day
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13
IGDVS Graduation
Orthodox Ascension
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14
DRBU Spring Semester ends
IGDVS Graduation
Flag Day
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Seventh Anniversary of Venerable Master
Hua's Entering Nirvana
Father's Day
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20
Seventh Anniversary of Venerable Master
Hua's Entering Nirvana (actual day)
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21
Summer Solstice
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22
Completion of Earth Store Recitation
(evening)
Autumnal Equinox
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Chye Lan Bodhisattva's Birthday
Orthodox Pentecost
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Full Moon Day
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July 2002
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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1
Canada Day
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3 |
4
Mantra Recitation for the Welfare of the
Nation
U.S. Independence Day
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10
New Moon Day
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11 |
12
Wei Tou Bodhisattva's Birthday
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15 |
16 |
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18 |
19
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
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20
Purify the Boundaries for Gwan Yin
Recitation (evening)
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Gwan Yin Recitation
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22
Gwan Yin Recitation
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23
Gwan Yin Recitation
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24
Great Master Chang Ren's Enlightenment
Day
Gwan Yin Recitation
Full Moon Day
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25
Venerable Master Hua's Day
Gwan Yin Recitation
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26
Great Master Chang Jr's Birthday
Gwan Yin Recitation
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27
Completion of Gwan Yin Recitation
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Celebration of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva's
Enlightenment (actual day)
Introduction to Chan Meditation begins
(evening)
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29
Chan Meditation
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30
Chan Meditation
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31
Completion of Chan Meditation
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July 21 - 27 :
Gwan Yin Recitation
July 28 (evening) - 31 : Beginner's Chan
Session
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August 2002
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| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
| August 31 -
September 07 : Earth Store Recitation
August 26 - January 19 : DRBU Fall
Semester
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9
New Moon Day
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12 |
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15 |
16
DRBU Summer Session ends
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17 |
| 18
Celebration of Ullambana
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
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19
DRBU Fall Semester Registration
begins
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21
Great Strength Bodhisattva's Birthday
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22 |
23
Ullambana (actual day)
Full Moon Day
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26
DRBU Fall Semester begins
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28 |
29
Patriarch Pu An's Anniversary
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30 |
31
Purify the Boundaries for Earth Store
Recitation (evening)
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September 2002
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| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
| 1
Celebration of Earth Store Bodhisattva's
Birthday
Nagarjuna (Dragon Tree) Bodhisattva's
Birthday
Earth Store Recitation begins
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2
Earth Store Recitation
Labor Day
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3
Earth Store Recitation
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4
Earth Store Recitation
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5
Earth Store Recitation
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6
Venerable Master Hsu Yun's
Birthday
Earth Store Bodhisattva's Birthday (actual
day)
Earth Store Recitation
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7
Completion of Earth Store Recitation
(evening)
Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown of
previous day)
New Moon Day
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Rosh Hashanah
Grandparents' Day
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9
Venerable Sixth Patriarch's Nirvana
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10
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16
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
Yom Kippur (begins at sundown of previous
day)
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Sukkot
(begins at sundown of previous day)
Full Moon Day
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Sukkot
Western Autumnal Equinox
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28
Burning Lamp Buddha of Antiquity's
Birthday
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah (begins
at sundown of previous day)
Confucius' Birthday
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Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
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September 01 -
07 : Earth Store Recitation |
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October 2002
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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5
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New Moon Day
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Columbus Day
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15
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
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Purify the Boundaries for Gwan Yin
Recitation (evening)
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Celebration of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva's
Leaving Home Day
Great Master Chang Ren's Leaving Home
Day
Gwan Yin Recitation
Full Moon Day
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21
Venerable Master Hua's Leaving Home
Day
Gwan Yin Recitation
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22
Great Master Chang Jr's Enlightenment
Day
Gwan Yin Recitation
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23
Gwan Yin Recitation
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24
Gwan Yin Bodhisattva's Leaving Home Day
(actual day)
Gwan Yin Recitation
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25
Gwan Yin Recitation
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26
Completion of Gwan Yin Recitation (evening)
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Introduction to Chan Meditation begins
(evening)
Return to Standard Time
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28
Chan Meditation
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29
Chan Meditation
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30
Completion of Chan Meditation
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31
Halloween
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October 20 - 26
: Gwan Yin Recitation
October 27 (evening) - 30 : Chan Meditation
Session
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November 2002
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
| November 28 -
December 1 : Chan Meditation Session |
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All Saints' Day
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Medicine Master Buddha's Birthday
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4
Diwali
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5
New Moon Day
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6
Ramadan
(begins at sundown of previous day)
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7
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Venerable First Patriarch Bodhidharma's
Birthday
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Veterans' Day
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12
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Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
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Full Moon Day
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Introduction to Chan Meditation begins
(evening)
Thanksgiving Day
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29
Chan Meditation
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30
Chan Meditation
Chanukkah begins
(begins at sundown of previous day)
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December 2002
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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Completion of Chan Meditation
First Sunday of Advent
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New Moon Day
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'Eid al-Fitr (begins at sundown of previous
day)
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Chanukkah ends
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9
DRBU Finals begin
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11 |
12 |
13
Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
DRBU Finals end
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Full Moon Day
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20
Amitabha Buddha's Birthday (actual
day)
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21
Purify the Boundaries for Amitabha Buddha
Recitation (evening)
Western Winter Solstice
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Celebration of Amitabha Buddha's
Birthday
Amitabha Buddha Recitation
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Amitabha Buddha Recitation
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24
Amitabha Buddha Recitation
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Amitabha Buddha Recitation
Christmas Day
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26
Amitabha Buddha Recitation
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27
Amitabha Buddha Recitation
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28
Completion of Amitabha Buddha
Recitation
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Beginning of Chan Meditation
(evening)
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Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
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December 22 - 28 : Amitabha Buddha Recitation
December 29 (evening) - January 19 : Chan
Meditation
December 09 - 13 : DRBU Finals week
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January 2003
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| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
| December 29 (evening) - January 19 : Chan Meditation
January 27 - June 15 : DRBU Spring
Semester
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1
Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
New Moon Day
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Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
Epiphany
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7
Chan Meditation
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8
Chan Meditation
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9
Chan Meditation
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10
Anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha's
Enlightenment
Chan Meditation
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11
Chan Meditation
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Monthly Memorial of Venerable Master Hua's
Entering Nirvana
Chan Meditation
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13
Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
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Chan Meditation
Full Moon Day
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Chan Meditation
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Completion of Chan Meditation
(evening)
DRBU 2002 Fall Semester ends
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DRBU Registration
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DRBU Registration
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DRBU Registration
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DRBU Spring Semester begins
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