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January 2010 Locations: A=Amsterdam,  B=Breda,    E=Emst,  G=Groningen Study Programs: DB=Discovering Buddhism, BP=Basic Program, AMP=Abridged Masters Program Pujas: GP=Guru Puja,  MP=Medicine Buddha Puja,  TP=Tara Puja Recitations: SR=Sanghata Sutra Recitation Days of de Tibetan Calendar: T8, T10, T15, T25, T30     = full moon = new moon = Buddha day = Solar/lunar eclipse
ma		4	11 A: Meditation	18 A: How to meditate (DB2) A: Meditation	25 T10 A: How to meditate (DB2) A: Meditation GP
di		5	12 E: Meditatie	19 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	26 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie
wo		6	13 A: Meditatie	20 A: Toevlucht (OB7) A: Meditatie	27 A: Toevlucht (OB7) A: Meditatie
do		7	14 A: Thangka tekenen	21 A: Thangka tekenen	28 A: Thangka tekenen
vr	1	8	15  T30  * E: Leren mediteren MP 8MG	22	29 E: Thangka painting cancelled
za	2	9 T25 GP	16 A: Open middag E: Leren mediteren	23 T8 E: Kookweekend A: Tekendag A: Mantra's rollen TP 8MG	30 T15 G: Op weg naar geluk A: Golden Light Sutra A: Boeddha boetseren E: Thangka painting cancelled MP 8MG
zo	3	10	17 E: Leren mediteren	24 E: Kookweekend	31 G: Op weg naar geluk A: Boeddha boetseren E: Thangka painting cancelled

* On days with a solar eclipse, karmic results are amplified 100 million times, with a lunar eclipse 7 million times, so extra practice op these days is highly recommended.

February 2010 Locations: A=Amsterdam,  B=Breda,    E=Emst,  G=Groningen Study Programs: DB=Discovering Buddhism, BP=Basic Program, AMP=Abridged Masters Program Pujas: GP=Guru Puja,  MP=Medicine Buddha Puja,  TP=Tara Puja Recitations: SR=Sanghata Sutra Recitation Days of de Tibetan Calendar: T8, T10, T15, T25, T30     = full moon = new moon = Buddha day = Solar/lunar eclipse
ma	1 A: How to meditate (DB2) A: Meditation	8 T25 A: How to meditate (DB2) A: Meditation GP	15 *** A: How to meditate (DB2) A: Meditation E: Nyung Nä 8MG	22 T8 *** TP 8MG
di	2 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	9 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	16 *** A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie 8MG	23 *** E: Meditatie 8MG
wo	3 A: Toevlucht (OB7) A: Meditatie	10 A: Toevlucht (OB7) A: Meditatie	17 *** A: Toevlucht (OB7) A: Meditatie 8MG	24 T10 *** 8MG
do	4 E: Stoepadag A: Thangka tekenen	11	18 *** 8MG	25 *** GP 8MG
vr	5 A: Alledaagse Dharma	12 E: Nyung Nä	19 *** 8MG	26 *** 8MG
za	6 E: Rondom sterven A: Mantra's rollen	13  T30 E: Nyung Nä MP 8MG	20 *** E: De geest (OB1) A: Tekendag A: Mantra's rollen 8MG	27 *** E: Stoepaweekend 8MG
zo	7 E: Rondom sterven	14 Losar * A: Goeroe poedja E: Nyung Nä 8MG	21 *** 8MG	28 T15 Day of Miracles** A: Golden Light Sutra E: Viering Boeddha-dag E: Stoepaweekend MP 8MG

* Losar: Tibetan New Year
** Special Buddha Day: the last and most important day of the miracles by Shakyamuni Buddha, Chotrul Düchen.
*** Special days for practice: during the first 15 days of the calendar, Buddha Shakyamuni performed a miracle every day

March 2010 Locations: A=Amsterdam,  B=Breda,    E=Emst,  G=Groningen Study Programs: DB=Discovering Buddhism, BP=Basic Program, AMP=Abridged Masters Program Pujas: GP=Guru Puja,  MP=Medicine Buddha Puja,  TP=Tara Puja Recitations: SR=Sanghata Sutra Recitation Days of de Tibetan Calendar: T8, T10, T15, T25, T30     = full moon = new moon = Buddha day = Solar/lunar eclipse
ma	1 A: How to meditate (DB2) A: Meditation	8 A: How to meditate (DB2) A: Meditation	15  T30 A: Mind and its potential (DB1) A: Meditation MP 8MG	22 A: Mind and its potential (DB1) A: Meditation	29 A: Mind and its potential (DB1) A: Meditation
di	2 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	9 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	16 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	23 T8 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie TP 8MG	30 T15 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie MP 8MG
wo	3 A: Toevlucht (OB7) A: Meditatie	10 T25 A: Toevlucht (OB7) A: Meditatie GP	17 A: Dagelijkse beoefening (OB8) A: Meditatie	24 A: Dagelijkse beoefening (OB8) A: Meditatie	31 A: Dagelijkse beoefening (OB8) A: Meditatie
do	4 E: Stoepadag	11	18	25 T10 GP
vr	5 A: Alledaagse Dharma A: Spiritualiteit en werk	12 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	19	26 E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP)
za	6 A: Spiritualiteit en werk A: Mantra's rollen	13 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	20 E: Leren mediteren (OB2) A: Mantra's rollen	27 A: Boeddhisme in een notendop A: Golden Light Sutra E: Bos- en tuinweekend E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP)
zo	7	14 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	21 E: Open middag	28 A: Boeddhisme in een notendop E: Bos- en tuinweekend E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP)

April 2010 Locations: A=Amsterdam,  B=Breda,    E=Emst,  G=Groningen Study Programs: DB=Discovering Buddhism, BP=Basic Program, AMP=Abridged Masters Program Pujas: GP=Guru Puja,  MP=Medicine Buddha Puja,  TP=Tara Puja Recitations: SR=Sanghata Sutra Recitation Days of de Tibetan Calendar: T8, T10, T15, T25, T30     = full moon = new moon = Buddha day = Solar/lunar eclipse
ma		5 Easter	12 A: Mind and its potential (DB1) A: Meditation	19 A: Mind and its potential (DB1) A: Meditation	26 A: Mind and its potential (DB1) A: Meditation
di		6 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	13 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	20 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	27 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie
wo		7 E: Dierenritueel A: Dagelijkse beoefening (OB8) A: Meditatie	14  T30 A: Dagelijkse beoefening (OB8) A: Meditatie MP 8MG	21 A: Dagelijkse beoefening (OB8) A: Meditatie	28 T15 A: Dagelijkse beoefening (OB8) A: Meditatie MP 8MG
do	1 E: Stoepadag	8 T25 GP	15	22 T8 TP 8MG	29
vr	2 A: Alledaagse Dharma	9 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	16	23 (T9 tsog)* E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP) GP	30 Koninginnedag
za	3 A: Mantra's rollen	10 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	17 E: Overzicht van het pad (OB3) A: Mantra's rollen A: Tekendag	24 A: Golden Light Sutra E: Bos- en tuinweekend E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP)
zo	4 Pasen	11 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	18	25 E: Bos- en tuinweekend E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP)

* Tenth missing on Tibetan calendar

May 2010 Locations: A=Amsterdam,  B=Breda,    E=Emst,  G=Groningen Study Programs: DB=Discovering Buddhism, BP=Basic Program, AMP=Abridged Masters Program Pujas: GP=Guru Puja,  MP=Medicine Buddha Puja,  TP=Tara Puja Recitations: SR=Sanghata Sutra Recitation Days of de Tibetan Calendar: T8, T10, T15, T25, T30     = full moon = new moon = Buddha day = Solar/lunar eclipse
ma		3 A: Graduated Path (DB3) A: Meditation	10 A: Graduated Path (DB3) A: Meditation	17 E: Nyung Nä 3-4 A: Graduated Path (DB3) A: Meditation	24 Pinksteren E: Nyung Nä 6-7
di		4 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	11 E: Nyung Nä 1 E: Meditatie A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP)	18 E: Nyung Nä 3-4 E: Meditatie A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP)	25 E: Nyung Nä 7-8 E: Meditatie A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP)
wo		5 A: Meditatie	12 A: Thangka painting A: Samsara en Nirvana (OB9) E: Nyung Nä 1	19 E: Nyung Nä 4-5 A: Samsara en Nirvana (OB9) A: Meditatie	26 E: Nyung Nä 7-8 A: Samsara en Nirvana (OB9) A: Meditatie
do		6 E: Stoepadag	13  T30 Ascension day A: Thangka painting E: Nyung Nä 1-2 MP 8MG	20 Buddha's conception* E: Nyung Nä 4-5 8MG	27 T15 Saka Dawa* E: Viering Boeddha-dag E: Nyung Nä 8 E: Dierenritueel A: Golden Light Sutra MP 8MG
vr		7 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen A: Alledaagse Dharma	14 A: Thangka painting E: Nyung Nä 1-2	21 T8 E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP) E: Nyung Nä 5-6 TP 8MG	28 E: Nyung Nä 8
za	1	8 T25 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen GP	15 E: Nyung Nä 2-3 E: Spirituele leraar (OB4) A: Mantra's rollen A: Thangka painting	22 A: Boeddha boetseren E: Bos- en tuinweekend E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP) E: Nyung Nä 5-6	29 A: Tekendag A: Mantra's rollen
zo	2	9 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	16 E: Nyung Nä 2-3 A: Thangka painting	23 T10 Pinksteren E: Bos- en tuinweekend E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP) E: Nyung Nä 6-7 A: Boeddha boetseren GP	30

* Date of conception of the Buddha
** Special Buddha day, on which Shakyamuni Budddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana are celebrated. In Tibetan: Saka Dawa Düchen

June 2010 Locations: A=Amsterdam,  B=Breda,    E=Emst,  G=Groningen Study Programs: DB=Discovering Buddhism, BP=Basic Program, AMP=Abridged Masters Program Pujas: GP=Guru Puja,  MP=Medicine Buddha Puja,  TP=Tara Puja Recitations: SR=Sanghata Sutra Recitation Days of de Tibetan Calendar: T8, T10, T15, T25, T30     = full moon = new moon = Buddha day = Solar/lunar eclipse
ma	31 mei A: Graduated Path (DB3) A: Meditation	7 T25 A: Graduated Path (DB3) A: Meditation GP	14 A: Graduated Path (DB3) A: Meditation	21 T10 A: Spiritual Teacher (DB4) A: Meditation GP	28 A: Spiritual Teacher (DB4)
di	1 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	8 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	15 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	22 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie	29 A: Lam Rim Meditation A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Meditatie
wo	2 A: Samsara en Nirvana (OB9) A: Meditatie	9 A: Samsara en Nirvana (OB9) A: Meditatie	16 A: Samsara en Nirvana (OB9) A: Meditatie	23 A: Mededogen (OB10) A: Meditatie	30 A: Mededogen (OB10)
do	3 E: Stoepadag	10	17	24	31
vr	4	11 E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	18 E: Tekenweekend	25 E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP)
za	5 A: Alledaagse Dharma	12  T30 E: Bos- en tuinweekend E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen A: Mantra's rollen MP 8MG	19 T8 E: Sterven en wedergeboorte (OB5) E: Tekenweekend TP 8MG	26 T15  * Dierenritueel Zeeland A: Golden Light Sutra A: Tekendag A: Mantra's rollen E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP) MP 8MG
zo	6	13 E: Bos- en tuinweekend E: Aryadeva's 400 verzen	20 E: Tekenweekend	27 E: Bodhisattva beoefeningen (BP)

* On days with a solar eclipse, karmic results are amplified 100 million times, with a lunar eclipse 7 million times, so extra practice op these days is highly recommended.

July 2010 Locations: A=Amsterdam,  B=Breda,    E=Emst,  G=Groningen Study Programs: DB=Discovering Buddhism, BP=Basic Program, AMP=Abridged Masters Program Pujas: GP=Guru Puja,  MP=Medicine Buddha Puja,  TP=Tara Puja Recitations: SR=Sanghata Sutra Recitation Days of de Tibetan Calendar: T8, T10, T15, T25, T30     = full moon = new moon = Buddha day = Solar/lunar eclipse
ma		5 A: Spiritual Teacher (DB4) E: Zomer Lam Rim	12 A: Spiritual Teacher (DB4) E: Zomer Lam Rim	19 T8 A: Spiritual Teacher (DB4) TP 8MG	26 A: Spiritual Teacher (DB4) E: Thangka painting
di		6 T25 Birthday H.H. the Dalai Lama A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Zomer Lam Rim GP	13 A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Zomer Lam Rim	20 T10 A: Stages of the Path (BP) GP	27 A: Stages of the Path (BP) E: Thangka painting
wo		7 A: Mededogen (OB10) E: Zomer Lam Rim	14 A: Mededogen (OB10) E: Zomer Lam Rim	21 A: Mededogen (OB10)	28 A: Mededogen (OB10) E: Thangka painting
do	1	8 E: Zomer Lam Rim	15 Buddha's first teaching* E: Zomer Lam Rim 8MG	22	29 E: Thangka painting
vr	2 E: Zomer Lam Rim	9 E: Zomer Lam Rim	16 E: Zomer Lam Rim	23 E: Thangka painting	30 E: Thangka painting
za	3 E: Zomer Lam Rim	10 E: Zomer Lam Rim	17 E: Opgeruimde geest	24 A: Tekendag?????? E: Thangka painting	31 E: Thangka painting
zo	4 E: Zomer Lam Rim	11  T30  ** E: Zomer Lam Rim MP 8MG	18 E: Opgeruimde geest	25 T15 E: Thangka painting MP 8MG	1 august E: Thangka painting

*Special Buddha Day: his first Dharma teaching at Sarnath, Chökhor Düchen
** On days with a solar eclipse, karmic results are amplified 100 million times, with a lunar eclipse 7 million times, so extra practice op these days is highly recommended.

August 2010 Locations: A=Amsterdam,  B=Breda,    E=Emst,  G=Groningen Study Programs: DB=Discovering Buddhism, BP=Basic Program, AMP=Abridged Masters Program Pujas: GP=Guru Puja,  MP=Medicine Buddha Puja,  TP=Tara Puja Recitations: SR=Sanghata Sutra Recitation Days of de Tibetan Calendar: T8, T10, T15, T25, T30     = full moon = new moon = Buddha day = Solar/lunar eclipse
ma	2 E: Thangka painting	9 E: NVC	16	23 E: Kind Heart Retreat	30
di	3	10   T30 E: NVC MP 8MG	17 T8 TP 8MG	24 T15 E: Kind Heart Retreat MP 8MG	31 E: Meditatie
wo	4	11 E: NVC	18	25 E: Kind Heart Retreat
do	5 T25 GP	12 E: NVC	19 T10 GP	26 E: Kind Heart Retreat
vr	6 E: NVC	13 E: NVC	20 E: Kind Heart Retreat	27 E: Kind Heart Retreat
za	7 E: NVC	14 E: NVC	21 E: Kind Heart Retreat	28 A: Tekendag
zo	8 E: NVC	15 E: NVC	22 E: Kind Heart Retreat	29