Losar Weekend Activities

Date: February 25th to March 1st, 2017.

Location: Schoolhouse Gonpa, Conway, MA

Losar, the Tibetan New Year by Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo http://melong.com/losar-the-tibetan-new-year/ Special Karma Yoga Day for Cleaning

Saturday, February 25th between learning to make the soup and culmination of the soup.

Saturday, February 25th

10am Review of Vajra Dance That Benefits Beings
11:30am Learn to Make Tibetan Soup with Yeshe Tsomo!
2:30pm - *Small Fire Puja for burning old Lungthas, old Namkhas, and Kyped-pa Zhi-dan (colorful shirts and clothing items with protection mantras for the year)

*We are working with the good fortune of very recent instructions from Rinpoche. Sunday, February 26th

10am Purification of the Six Lokas
11am - 1:30pm Webcast of Special Celebration with Rinpoche from Dzamling Gar - Short Ganapuja (with Dogpa and thanking to the the Teacher and collaborators): Special Celebration for Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's 40 Years of Teaching Dzogchen
2:30 to 3:30pm Review of Vajra Dance That Benefits Beings
3:30 to 4:30pm Practice of Vajra Dance That Benefits Beings
5pm New Moon Ganapuja - will be webcast!
Tsegyalgar East Webcast Link
Password: TORMA (all capital letters)

Monday, February 27th - 1st Day of Losar - Fire Bird Year

4:30am Decorate Shrine
5:00am Webcast from Dzamling Gar (projected in Schoolhouse Gonpa): Long Life Mandarava Practice with Rinpoche
8:00am Breakfast
4:00pm Pagchen Day, Khaita (5:30pm) and Potluck Dinner

Wednesday, March 1st