Summer Retreat Yarney 2026
Join Segyu Gaden Phodrang Monastery’s 2026 Yarney summer rains retreat, starting 28 July: sacred pujas and ceremonies through the Rains Retreat season. Support our 130 monks.
Saka Dawa — The Holy Month of the Buddha
Saka Dawa, the holiest month of the Tibetan Buddhist year, commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana — when merit is multiplied.
Vajrayogini & Dakini Day
Vajrayogini & Dakini Day honours the wisdom dakini Vajrayogini on the 25th of each Tibetan lunar month, when tsog offerings are most blessed.
Lama Tsongkhapa Day
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchö) — the Festival of Lights honouring Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelug tradition, on his parinirvana.
Lhabab Düchen — Buddha’s Descent from Heaven
Lhabab Düchen celebrates the Buddha’s descent from the heaven realms — one of the four great holy days when merit is greatly multiplied.