May
"Ye are My Children; I am your Father; through Me
ye are released from your sufferings." - Buddha
ye are released from your sufferings." - Buddha
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1. Beltane Day, Druidic and Gaelic Summer Festival
Nativity of Lord Buddha, c.566 BC (Long Chronology) or c.448 BC (Short Chronology)
The Great World Mother Maia and Leto (G), Aspects of the Hidden Spiritual Mother
2. Vesak, Theravadin Festival of the Birth, Enlightenment and Passing into Nirvana of Buddha
3. Philip and James the Lesser, apostles
4. Revelation of the Esoteric Doctrine of Buddha to his disciples
Benjamin Whichcote, Cambridge Platonist, 4/5/1609-1683
5. Ananda, beloved disciple of Buddha
6. The Mysteries of Serapis (E) (Calendar Note)
Buddha, named 'Siddhartha' - ‘Fulfilling all things'
12. Ammonius Saccas, ‘The God-taught’, founder of Neoplatonism, 3rd cent. AD
Karl von Eckartshausen, Christian mystic, 28/6/1752-12/5/1803
13. Caitanya, Vaishnava sage, c.1485-1533
14. The Finding of Osiris and Rejoicings of Isis (E)
16. Thales of Miletus, engineer, geometer and astronomer, 6th cent. BC?
17. Dea Dia, The Great Mother (R)
18. Apollo, Aspect of the Sovereign Sun (G)
19. Asvaghosa, Mahayana Buddhist, 2nd cent. AD
20. Mañjusri, Aspect of the Buddhist Trinity, ‘Supreme Wisdom’
21. Sun enters Gemini (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
Tommaso Campanella, Platonic philosopher, 5/9/1568-21/5/1639
23. Girolamo Savonarola, Italian preacher and reformer, 21/9/1452-23/5/1483
24. Pentecost, Greek name of the Jewish Festival of Weeks, celebrating the completion of the grain
harvest, and Christian Feast celebrating the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles
Hermes Trismegistus,‘Thrice-Greatest’, Father of the Hermetic Wisdom
25. Lieh Yü-k'au (Lieh-tzu), Taoist philosopher, c.450-c.375 BC
Venerable Bede, English ecclesiastical historian, 673-735 AD
26. The Enlightenment of Buddha under the Bodhi Tree
27. Augustine, first archbishop of Canterbury, d. between 604 and 609 AD
28. Solomon, King of Israel, d.c.930 BC
30. Numenius,Pythagorean Platonist, 2nd cent. AD
Jeanne d’Arc, second Patron Saint of France, 6/1/1412-30/5/1431
Nativity of Lord Buddha, c.566 BC (Long Chronology) or c.448 BC (Short Chronology)
The Great World Mother Maia and Leto (G), Aspects of the Hidden Spiritual Mother
2. Vesak, Theravadin Festival of the Birth, Enlightenment and Passing into Nirvana of Buddha
3. Philip and James the Lesser, apostles
4. Revelation of the Esoteric Doctrine of Buddha to his disciples
Benjamin Whichcote, Cambridge Platonist, 4/5/1609-1683
5. Ananda, beloved disciple of Buddha
6. The Mysteries of Serapis (E) (Calendar Note)
Buddha, named 'Siddhartha' - ‘Fulfilling all things'
12. Ammonius Saccas, ‘The God-taught’, founder of Neoplatonism, 3rd cent. AD
Karl von Eckartshausen, Christian mystic, 28/6/1752-12/5/1803
13. Caitanya, Vaishnava sage, c.1485-1533
14. The Finding of Osiris and Rejoicings of Isis (E)
16. Thales of Miletus, engineer, geometer and astronomer, 6th cent. BC?
17. Dea Dia, The Great Mother (R)
18. Apollo, Aspect of the Sovereign Sun (G)
19. Asvaghosa, Mahayana Buddhist, 2nd cent. AD
20. Mañjusri, Aspect of the Buddhist Trinity, ‘Supreme Wisdom’
21. Sun enters Gemini (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
Tommaso Campanella, Platonic philosopher, 5/9/1568-21/5/1639
23. Girolamo Savonarola, Italian preacher and reformer, 21/9/1452-23/5/1483
24. Pentecost, Greek name of the Jewish Festival of Weeks, celebrating the completion of the grain
harvest, and Christian Feast celebrating the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles
Hermes Trismegistus,‘Thrice-Greatest’, Father of the Hermetic Wisdom
25. Lieh Yü-k'au (Lieh-tzu), Taoist philosopher, c.450-c.375 BC
Venerable Bede, English ecclesiastical historian, 673-735 AD
26. The Enlightenment of Buddha under the Bodhi Tree
27. Augustine, first archbishop of Canterbury, d. between 604 and 609 AD
28. Solomon, King of Israel, d.c.930 BC
30. Numenius,Pythagorean Platonist, 2nd cent. AD
Jeanne d’Arc, second Patron Saint of France, 6/1/1412-30/5/1431
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"Behold now, O Brethren, I exhort you, saying: All component things are subject to decay and death, but Truth will remain for ever. Work out your salvation with diligence."
- Last words of Buddha
- Last words of Buddha
© The Shrine of Wisdom 1999