In place of the usual 11:30 AM Sunday Dharma Talk
- A recitation of the Tashi Prayer for good fortune in the New Year;
- Honoring of out-going KTC Board Members and Volunteers;
- Induction of new KTC Board Members and Volunteers
- Body, Speech, and Mind Offering to the throne of His Holiness Karmapa, followed by an offering and blessing procession in which sangha will get a chance to:
- Toss barley flour and wheat berries (for good fortune in the New Year) at the Losar Shrine;
- Offer traditional white blessing scarves to our KTC lamas and receive blessings from the holy objects on KTC’s main shrine.
- Pick up piece of Losar cake and coffee before returning to their seats the lama’s short dharma talk
- Short dharma talk
KTC Welcomes the Year of the Snake
After celebrating the Gregorian calendar New Year on Jan. 1, Columbus KTC is Saturday March 1.
As the “old year” comes to a close, it is a Tibetan cultural tradition to clean one’s shrine and home in preparation for the “new year.”
In that same way, it is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition to purify one’s thoughts and mindstream in the days before Losar (New Year) to bless and release the old year and prepare for the new year ahead.
At Columbus KTC, we will gather as a community for three special pujas before Losar to bless and purify the old year and make offerings toward goodness and auspiciousness in the new year.
Then, on Losar morning, we will offer lamps and recite prayers to bless ourselves and the community and start the new year with auspicious energy and blessings.
The first two weeks of Losar coincide each year with the Great Occasion of the Buddha’s Performance of Miracles (Chötrul Duchen, in Tibetan), one of four Sacred Days on the Karma Kagyu tradition’s yearly calendar. This means that the benefit and blessing of any practice we do during this “Waxing Moon of Miracles” (sometimes called “The Month of Miracles”) is multiplied millions of times.
We hope you can join us for these programs, some of which will be webcast on Zoom.
Pre-registration is not needed for these events. Hope to see you there!
As our Tibetan lamas say, “Losar Tashi Delek!” (Auspicious New Year!)