….~ ☸~ First turning of the Wheel of Dharma ~ ☸~….
Karma Multiplied day x 10 million (positive or negative)
☼ On the 4th day of the 6th Tibetan Lunar Month, as a growing sensitive
Moon begins to make the lunation's first advantageous sextile aspect to
our source of light and life, the radiant Sun, we celebrate ‘The First
Turning of the Wheel’ by Lord Buddha with Chökhor Düchen. Chökhor Düchen
is one of the years’ most important Buddhist festivals.
Setting the Dharma wheel into motion – after not having taught for seven
weeks since his enlightenment – and encouraged by his students, Indra
and Brahma, Buddha began with his teaching on ‘The Four Noble Truths’.
Four Noble Truths:
☸ 1. The reality of suffering (Dukka).
☸ 2. The cause of suffering is attachment (to desire, aggression or ignorance (Samudaya)).
☸ 3. The cessation of suffering IS attainable (Niroda).
☸ 4. There is a path to the cessation of suffering (Magga, through the 8-fold path).
Gothama Buddha chose to illuminate his followers upon a waxing moon.
The Sun-ruled Lionheart Leo is now in helpful aspect to the purifying
Virgo Moon moving into harmonious Libra. With the growing light of this
moon we can experience an increase of clarity, intuition, and emotional
insight about our self (Leo Sun). Personal courage to reach the
equanimous mind is also strengthen and, by extension, our relationships
(Libra Moon) can be loving and kind, wanting the best for all beings.
Dedicating all merit and positive actions of body, speech & mind
(word, thought and deed) that I/we create today, to heal the suffering,
wherever it is found with a blessed Chökhor Düchen May all beings be
free from suffering!
_ /♥\_ ☾
Many thanks to unknown artist of Buddha’s hands in Dharmacakra mudra _/♥\_
First turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Karma Multiplied day x 10 million (positive or negative)
Chökhor Düchen is one of the four most important Buddhist festivals of
the year. On the 4th day of the 6th Tibetan Lunar Month, just as a
growing sensitive Moon begins to make a helpful sextile aspect to the
radiant Sun, our source of light and life, Chökhor Düchen celebrates
‘The First Turning of the Wheel’ by Lord
Buddha. Setting the wheel of Dharma teachings into motion - after not having taught for seven weeks since his enlightenment - Buddha began with a teaching on ‘The
Four Noble Truths’☸.
Gothama Buddha appears to have chosen to illuminate the mind upon a
waxing moon. With the growing light of the moon we can
experience an increase of clarity, intuition, and emotional insight. And
from July 12th's astrological point of view, this very moon is involved in a
rare six-pointed star, with two interlocking triangles shaping the
starry firmament. A sensitive Moon in purifying Virgo creates a 'Grand
Earth trine' with transformational Pluto in responsible Capricorn; and
the south node, a.k.a. the Dragon's tail, tells from where we are
coming: i.e. in Taurus, and conjunct healing asteroid Hygeia, it
suggests Earth healing, though the power of nature. Thus for Chökhor
Düchen in the year of the Snake, a Grand Earth Trine creates the magical
star with the summer's perceptive 'Grand Water Trine, accenting
intuition and feminine sensitivity (which we all have in varying
degrees) to help us to see the Truth of things as they really are.
☸ Four Noble Truths:
☸ 1. Life is suffering.
☸ 2. The origin of suffering is attachment (to desire, aggression or ignorance).
☸ 3. The cessation of suffering IS attainable.
☸ 4. There is a path to the cessation of suffering.
~> the Dharma path _(♥)_ living life for the benefit of others.
Dedicating all merit and positive actions of body, speech & mind
(word, thought and deed), to heal the suffering, wherever it is found
_(♥)_
Image is of ☸ The Dharma Wheel ☸ flanked by two deer,
which is often found at the gates of Buddhist monasteries, symbolic of
Buddha's 1st teaching in Deer Park, Sarnath, India.
☾ ☼ Happy Chökhor Düchen ☼! :☽ _/\_
May all beings be free from suffering! _/\_
