Uposatha: HISTORY: The word uposatha ("observance") derives from the Muluposatha Sutta (AN 3.70), in which a laywoman named Visakha (Migāramāta, the "Mother of Migara"), visits the Buddha and says she is observing the uposatha day. The Buddha replies that there are different uposatha days, then proceeds to tell her the best version of the day, which he calls the "Uposatha of the Noble Disciples." More
(The Enki Codex) The Sumerians call our local moon a "vessel" -- and described in detail who built it and why
So advanced were the SUMERians of Sumer that Wisdom Quarterly is inclined to think that their land, civilization, and technology may be the basis of Buddhist Mt. Sumeru, a launch site or spaceport to the stars.
(Tartaria Vault) Feb. 26, 2026: What explains how a number once treated as sacred across dozens of unconnected ancient civilizations — a number embedded in natural lunar cycles, temple architecture, cosmological frameworks, and the very structure of natural time — was systematically removed from calendars, hospitals, airports, hotels, and cultural consciousness, without a single serious public reckoning about what that erasure actually cost us?
The standard explanation — that 13 became unlucky through accumulated folklore and religious association — collapses when we examine what the evidence actually shows: not a gradual cultural drift, but a coordinated, institutionally enforced disappearance.
Everyone used to know about Tartaria.
No law required it. No international standard mandated it. Yet airlines, architects, racing circuits, and hospitals across different countries and languages all arrived at the same conclusion simultaneously, consistently as if following (implicit) instructions they didn't fully understand.
As I investigated the ancient record — from the Mayan Tzolk'in to the Druidic tree calendar to the Osirian mysteries of Egypt to the turtle-shell lunar counts of indigenous North America — a disturbing pattern materialized.
Of course, we had to cover it up. That goes...
These weren't parallel coincidences across unconnected cultures. They were the same underlying logic: 13 lunar cycles per year, 13 as a cosmic threshold, 13 as the number that resists clean division and refuses to be controlled, all embedded in stone and ceremony across continents and millennia. Then, quietly, it was gone because here's what the replacement also did.
The 12-month calendar didn't just reorganize administrative time, it may have severed something older: the synchronization between human beings and natural cycles — body, moon, season, sky — that had structured life across every pre-modern culture was superseded.
It was not banned, not destroyed outright, just reframed allegedly as "superstition," pathologized, given a clinical name. And the generations that remembered another way of counting time died without passing that memory forward.
This investigation asks whether the disappearance of 13 was accidental — or whether it was the point, whether the most effective erasure isn't the one that destroys knowledge entirely, but the one that makes the question itself seem ridiculous. Once one sees the pattern, one can't unsee it.
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We spent the day at the largest Chinese New Year celebration in the United States (roughly the size of Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, Upstate New York). Hsi Lai (pronounced \she lie\, which means "Going West") Temple had it all, including Aztec dancers (Danza Azteca, perhaps representing Siberian Asians cum Native Americans who are mostly local Mexicans) topping off a cultural show of martial arts demonstrations, dances, dragons, and a big central horse representing the year to come.
The lines were out the door but moving fast.
The all-you-can-eat vegan buffet was great (daily, only $10) with noodles, veggies, sweet and sour, tofu, lotus roots, soup, tea, fruit, and fried Indian dharma wheels. The rare rainstorm in Los Angeles cleared the skies as the sun broke through for the outdoor festivities.
We have never seen the temple, said to be the largest in the Western Hemisphere, this crowded. Parking was only found blocks away, and buses were bringing in celebrants. Everyone had their phones out, filming the spectacle. And even the monastics were clapping and enjoying themselves.
Everyone was immersed in Chinese culture uniquely blending with this part of Mexico. (Yes, California is part of Mexico or was until our empire stole it from Spain's empire). Perhaps 20,000 well-wishers passed through the gates throughout the day. Festivities continue for two weeks.
This is the time of mooncakes and the traditional Sabbath Day or uposatha. That means it's the best time to observe the "fasting day," which means not eating before daylight or after noon. This is part of observing the Eight Precepts, an ancient tradition the Buddha praised as something worth continuing.
How do Buddhists observe the uposatha service?
(Buddhism Reflections) Uposatha days hold a special significance on the Buddhist calendar, particularly in the Theravada tradition. These weekly observance days are aligned with the phases of the moon, including the full moon, new moon, and two quarter moons.
During these times, both lay Buddhists and monastics engage in various practices that enhance their spiritual journeys. On the one hand, lay practitioners often take on additional precepts, dedicating themselves to deeper spiritual activities and community involvement.
Monastics, on the other hand, focus on reflection and purification, reciting the Patimokkha ("Path to Moksha"), a summary of the major rules of the Monastic Code of Discipline, which is a vital aspect of their monastic life.
The uposatha service is not just about individual practice; it also fosters a sense of community as laypeople gather at monasteries to support monks and nuns through food preparation and participation in rituals (pujas).
This day is steeped in tradition and serves as a reminder of the commitment to the Dhammaor Teachings of the historical Buddha.
The observance of uposatha varies slightly among different sects and countries, adding a unique flavor to this rich tradition.
Let's delve into the practices and significance of uposatha days in Buddhism and discover how they contribute to spiritual growth and community bonding. #BuddhaTeachings #Buddhism #Mindfulness
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The Moon is inside our atmosphere, which is much larger than we're told (USSR).
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Triple Moon headband with pentagram of Man
Culturally and spiritually significant across many societies, full moons are associated with festivals such as Buddhist Vesak (~May) and various Hindu purnima observances (such as the Buddha's Birthday). The "fasting day" or Uposatha is also of tremendous importance to the Buddha and Theravada Buddhism.
Many traditions have named specific full moons—like the harvest moon or hunter's moon—and linked them to seasonal and agricultural events.
Folklore has associated full moons with madness, supernatural events, and insomnia, though scientific studies have so far found inconsistent evidence of behavioral effects on anything but the tides.
Eric Dubay stands by his position that the tides are NOT related to the moon for the simple fact of lunar distance having absolutely no effect on massive bodies of freshwater like lakes and mighty rivers (Ganges, Mississippi, Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, Saraswati); however, could this be because salt plays a role in their electromagnetic pull?
In modern times, terms like “blood moon” and “blue moon” have entered popular use, often referring to lunar eclipses or rare lunar events....
In Buddhism, Vesak (Wesak) is celebrated on the full moon day of the ancient Indian month of Vaisakha, marking the birth, great enlightenment, and final nirvana of the historical Buddha [11].
In Arabic, badr (بدر ) means "full moon," but it is often translated as "white moon," referring to The White Days, the three days when the full moon is celebrated.
Moonstruck is not necessarily lunacy.
Full moons are traditionally associated with insanity (lunacy and lunatic), various supernatural or "magical phenomena" such as clinical lycanthropy (turning into a werewolf or hirsute dogman), and insomnia (the persistent inability to sleep).
Psychologists, however, have found evidence for effects on human behavior around the time of a full moon, but it tends to be weak [12] except for sensitives, who may be driven over the edge (as seen in asylums and emergency rooms across the country).
Scientists find that their poorly designed studies are generally inconsistent, with some showing a positive effect and others showing a negative effect. In one instance, the Dec. 23, 2000, issue of the British Medical Journal published two studies... More
So what's the big deal? Why does the Moon matter so much. To explain that we have the Saga of Vanity Lycan coming up in Part 2: Who cares about the Moon? Vanity does
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Aug. 4, 2025: Edgar Cayce shocked the world when he revealed salt as humanity's hidden spiritual technology. In 1936, he saved a dying child using sacred salt rituals that doctors called impossible.
This video exposes why biblical texts encrypted salt as divine connection, how our tears contain crystallized prayers, and the specific techniques Cayce used to unlock psychic abilities through salt work.
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The kitchen cabinet holds the key to spiritual awakening that mystery schools protected for millennia. Based on 14,000 documented psychic readings and A.R.E. archives.
Best-selling author Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served as currency (Latin sal, which gives us our word "salary," our ration of life-sustaining sodium chloride used as wages), salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Populated by colorful characters and filled with an unending series of fascinating details, Salt is a supremely entertaining, multi-layered masterpiece. More
This NEEDS to reach viewers BEFORE tomorrow – Urgent warnings for the FINAL week of April 2025
You have only two moves. What to do?
(Eye of Wisdom) The final week of April 2025 is already stirring with powerful and unpredictable energy! [Just look at Trump and his White House, the current administration and the topsy turvy financial markets.] Multiple cosmic events are converging, and most won’t see the deeper spiritual message behind it all... Researched, scripted, edited, and produced by the Eye of Wisdom team.
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ABC News (Australia) Jan. 28, 2025: For the next two weeks, we say goodbye to the Year of the Dragon and welcome the Year of the Snake. What does the Year of the Snake mean astrologically in accordance with the ancient Chinese zodiac? What is the significance of the "snake" (smart little dragon) in Chinese culture and history, and how do people in Asian countries celebrate this giant festival? #ABCNewsAustralia
Lunar New Year fireworks LIVE: Vietnam welcomes the Year of the Snake
We are all in this together. Happy 2025!
(Associated Press) Streamed live on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025: Watch fireworks celebrations live in various parts of Vietnam. Asian communities across America and the world will begin ringing in the Lunar New Year on Jan. 29th, with 2025 designated as the "Year of the Snake" in the Chinese zodiac. The magical Year of the [fire breathing] Dragon comes to an end, and we take up with another clever reptile. #lunarnewyear #live #vietnam
(Island News) Lunar New Year 2025 in Oahu in Hawaii's big Chinatown
Year of the Dragon ends in smoke
2025 is the Year of the Golden Snake
We spent New Year's Eve on the fringes of burnt-out Pasadena at Doctor O's house, chanting and meditating in the Tibetan (Vajrayana) and Indian (aarti) traditions, banging gongs, ringing bells, singing kirtan to the harmonium then snacking on exotic Chinese snacks and gluten free French baguettes as good as the original wheat product. Fruit and friendship before the changing of the zodiac and the year to come is a wise way to spend the day, getting zapped by a Lifestream Generator, talking with our guest, the Japanese abbot of a Nichirin temple in Boyle Heights with Old O'Connor on the bongos. What one does, my former Chinese-Vietnamese girlfriend warned me, on New Years, one will be doing the rest of the year. So it's a good day to visit the temple. Hsi Lai ("Going West" monastery) in Hacienda Heights, the largest Chinese monastic complex in the Western hemisphere, is always a good destination to see the nuns and a few monks wandering about. Chinese Americans come to celebrate the Sinosphere and burn incense, donate, cultivate luck, and have their fortune read.
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Chinese dance tidbits: The dragon serpent dances of China (Fordney Foundation)
Gong xi fa cai and Xin nian kuai le are both good say. - Really? Now I can speak Chinese!
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If the dragon is happy, we're all happy.
Chinese New Year, perhaps the most widely celebrated holiday in the world, typically takes place in January or February, after the Gregorian New Year on January 1st.
Whether spending it in Chinatown or in China, knowing how to wish people a happy new year in the local tongue is a nice touch. Feliz ano nuevo is the way it is said in Los Angeles, where Latin Americans surround Chinatown in all directions.
Come the big day, families and friends will be feasting, partaking in centuries-old superstitions, and spending time together to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year (the Spring Festival).
With vibrant celebrations taking place from Sydney to San Francisco, there are plenty of opportunities to pay respects and well wishes to the Chinese, especially with customary greetings.
Chinese New Year is a massive, international celebration. With people scattered around the planet observing the Lunar New Year, there are sure to be fireworks, parades, and street fairs in nearly every major city.
Although the first few days are the most observed, Chinese New Year actually runs for 15 consecutive days and ends with the Lantern Festival. Preparations take place for weeks in advance to ensure that this period is filled with luck and prosperity (two things the Chinese value immensely).
Karma, not chance, causes luck?
Hello, venerable sir, I'm a lucky dragon.
What is the cause of "luck," Buddha? - It is karma as the great arbitrator and distributor of what is wished for, welcome, and experienced as pleasant. - But which karma (deeds, intentional actions)? - Keeping the Five Precepts and engaging in the Ten Courses of Wholesome Conduct. - And what is the cause of doing these skillful actions? - It is confidence (faith, saddha)or right view or direct knowledge of things. (We may not have right view, but we can go for guidance (not refuge like everyone mistranslates it) to Three Resources that do: the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the (Noble) Sangha. - Is there more to being lucky? - Giving (dana), sharing, letting go, benefitting others, these things do a person great good. - How much good, Buddha? - If beings knew, as I know, the power of giving, they would not eat a meal without first sharing if there were anyone with whom to share it. Such is the power of giving and benefitting others.
Start with just these three things.
I said to the monks at the Sri Lankan Buddhist temple, "I need good karma. What is the best way of making skillful karma?" They acted like they had never heard this question before but finally answered with two slogans, dana, sila, bhavana ("generosity, virtue, meditation") for laypeople and sila, samadhi, panna ("virtue, stillness, and wisdom") for more serious and intensive practitioners willing to do it. Notice that both share sila or virtue in common as a vital ingredient.
This is a time for family and lots of food. Firecrackers are thrown in abundance to frighten away unlucky spirits, and red is worn, even red underwear, because of its symbolic meaning.
Children receive small gifts and money in red envelopes called lai see, and various historical figures are honored.
"Chinese" is not really a language because there is official Mandarin and the older Cantonese, which is closer to Japanese than it is to Chinese, our Chinese professor astounded us by revealing. Could it be true? If someone is speaking Cantonese or Japanese, they will soon get a sense of what the other is saying, but the Mandarin speaker remains in the dark.
"Happy New Year" in Mandarin
Prosperity breeds prosperity, so get lucky.
Unlike Western New Year's Eve celebrations, which tend to be about short-lived resolutions [ending tend days in on QUITTERS DAY] to improve ourselves, the primary goal of Chinese New Year traditions is to usher in good luck and prosperity in the new year.
With such vast variations in Chinese culture and ethnic groups around the world, there are many ways to say "happy new year" in Chinese. Most of them are rooted in luck and financial success.
Gong xi fa cai is pronounced "gong zee fah tsai," where gong xi means "congratulations" and is also a way to wish one joy. Fa cai is "to become rich or make money." In essence, one is wishing one joy and prosperity to another for the new year. Business owners and workmates use gong xi fa cai as the usual way to say "happy new year" in Chinese.
Xin nian kuai leis pronounced "sheen neean kwai luh," kuai le means "happy" or "joyous," and xin nian means "new year." Xin nian kuai le is a great way to say happy new year in Chinese to friends without referencing money.
"Happy New Year" in Cantonese
Are good and bad luck mere superstitions?
Cantonese is the language primarily spoken by the people of [business-minded, former imperial British colony] Hong Kong.
The Cantonese "happy new year" greeting differs slightly from the Mandarin version, even though both are actually written the same way.
Gong hey fat choy is the Cantonese pronunciation of Mandarin's gong xi fa cai, simply meaning "congratulations and prosperity."
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