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May you who believe be more faithful...and
those who doesn't
let them be. Allow anyone who doubt to live in question. For anyone
is free if he live what he believes... loved, respected and accepted still. |
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Calendar July 2010 |
5 July Birthday of Guru Hargobind (Sikhism)
Guru Hargobind (1595-1644) was the sixth of the Sikh Gurus.
8 July Lailat al Mi'raj - The Prophet's Night Journey and Ascension (Islam)
The festival celebrates Prophet Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Jerusalem in a single night on a winged creature called Buraq.
13 July Ratha Yatra - Festival of the Chariots (Hinduism)
A festival to worship Krishna. Huge chariots with images of Krishna, his brother and his sister are pulled through the streets.
15 July Chokhor Duchen (Buddhism)
Chokhor Duchen commemorates the Buddha's first sermon and the teaching of the Four Noble Truths.
15 July St Swithin's Day (Christianity)
St. Swithin's Day is 15th July, a day on which people watch the weather for tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days.
20 July Tisha B'av (Judaism)
A solemn festival of fasting and mourning when Jews remember the destruction of the second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 70.
23 July Birthday of Guru Har Krishen (Sikhism)
Guru Har Krishan (1656-1664) was the eighth of the Sikh Gurus.
25 July St. James the Great Day (Christianity)
26 July Sasalha Puja or Dhammacakkha (Dharma) Day (Buddhism)
Celebrated by Theravadin and Western Buddhists as the anniversary of the Buddha's first sermon, known as 'Turning of the Wheel of Law'. The Buddha preached the need to follow a 'Middle Way' between self-indulgence and severe self-denial.
26 July Lailat al Barai'ah (Islam)
The Night of Forgiveness (Lailat-ul-Bara'h) takes place two weeks before Ramadan. Islamic Night of Forgiveness
27 July Rains Retreat (Buddhism)
Part of the Theravadin Buddhist calendar, this is a time for monks to stay in one place for the rainy season. It is an opportunity for penitence, self-examination and forgiveness.
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