06/02/2026
Saga Dawa began this year on May 17 and continues through June 15. Within Tibetan Buddhism, this month commemorates three defining moments in the life of Shakyamuni Buddha: his birth, his awakening beneath the bodhi tree, and his passing into parinirvana. These events are not remembered merely as sacred milestones from a distant past. They point toward the full arc of the human journey and the possibility that awakening can unfold within the circumstances of our own lives.
The name Saga Dawa reflects the lunar rhythms that shape the traditional Tibetan calendar. Dawa means “moon” or “month,” while Saga refers to a star associated with this particular lunar cycle. Like the waxing and waning of the moon itself, spiritual life often unfolds through cycles of clarity and obscuration, connection and forgetting, resolve and renewal. Saga Dawa invites us to pause within that movement and remember what matters most.
Read the full article of 'Reflections for Saga Dawa' from Lama Döndrup on our blog: sukhasiddhi.org/blog/saga-dawa-2026
