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Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar, celebrates Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to Earth from the Tushita god realm, where the Buddha taught the Dharma for several months to the gods, including his mother, Mayadevi, who had died a week after the Buddha’s birth and been reborn there. This is considered to be one of the twelve great deeds of the Buddha, and is thus a very auspicious day for practice. The karmic effects of actions undertaken on this day are multiplied one hundred million times, according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, citing the vinaya text The Treasure of Quotations and Logic.
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