The Birthday of Jade Emperor, King of Heaven
(Chinese: 玉皇; pinyin: Yù Huáng or 玉帝, Yù Dì)
on the 9th lunar day of the first lunar month is Wednesday, February 9, 2022.
https://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/ChineseNewYear/ChineseNewYearDay9.asp
Śakra (Sanskrit: शक्र Śakra; Pali: सक्क Sakka) is the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven according to Buddhist cosmology. He is also referred to by the title "Śakra, Lord of the Devas" (Sanskrit: Śakra devānāṃ indraḥ; Pali: Sakka devānaṃ inda).The name Śakra ("powerful") as an epithet of Indra is found in several verses of the Rigveda...
.. In Chinese Buddhism, Śakra is sometimes identified with the Taoist Jade Emperor (Yùhuáng Dàdì 玉皇大帝, often simplified to Yùhuáng 玉皇); both share a birthday on the ninth day of the first lunar month of the Chinese calendar (usually in February).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Aakra_(Buddhism)
How does one become the Jade Emperor or
King Sakka, the leader of Tavatimsa, also known as the 'Heaven of the 33' ?
From the Samyutta Nikāya...
'.. “Mendicants, in a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he undertook seven vows. And it was because of undertaking these that he achieved the status of Sakka. What seven?..'
- Vatapada Sutta SN11.11
and
'.. In a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he undertook seven vows. And it was because of undertaking these that he achieved the status of Sakka...'
- Sakkanāma Sutta SN11.12
Tavatimsa plane is 7th (from the bottom)
out of the 31 planes of existence.
Manussa loka or human plane is 5th
(from the bottom).
It was Sakka who uttered
the oft recited reflection
on the Mahā Parinibbāna
of the Buddha ...
Aniccā vata saṅkhārā
Uppāda vaya dhamminō
Uuppajjitvā nirujjhanti
Tesaṃ vūpa samō sukhō
All things are impermanent
They arise and pass away
Having arisen they come to an end
Their coming to peace is bliss
~ Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN16
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/bps-essay_43.html
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