Losar Tashi Delek from the Ottawa Palyul Centre!  

May the melodious beat of the Dharma drum beautify this world!

May all sentient beings be blissful and happy!

May they practice the Dharma through the day and night!

May all your practice bear fruit and this year be supremely successful for you!

This is a Bumgyur (100,000) month beginning with Losar on February 21st. – the first day of the first month of the New Year.  The lunar month goes from new moon to new moon. In this 1st month of the Tibetan New Year the karmic results of all actions both positive and negative are multiplied by 100,000. The first 15 days of Losar commemorates the miracles that the Buddha performed to instill faith and devotion in the Dharma, so these days February 21 – March 7 are considered especially auspicious for practice.  February 19 – Gutor (no practice at the Centre) – is a special Vajrakilaya ritual carried out just before the Tibetan New Year to dispel all the negativity of the old year and clear the way for an auspicious beginning to the new year. It is customary to do Vajrakilaya practice on this day, please feel free to join another centre or practice on your own.  

LOSAR – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 7 – 9 p.m.  – Please join us at the Centre for auspicious prayers and Shower of Blessings Practice to welcome the New Year of the Water Rabbit!

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TEACHINGS on Zoom to resume –  37 Practices of a Bodhisattva with Lopon Rigzin Losal  SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11th 

• Sessions this month – February 11, 18, 25, 9:30 – 11 a.m. EST

• Zoom link HERE – ID: 897 2380 1864 Passcode: English

• Text available HERE

• No registration required. All are welcome to join at any time.

• Lopon Rigzin Losal’s Bio HERE

In taking us through this text Lopon Rigzin Losal will help us to understand what it means to be a Bodhisattva and how we can follow in the footsteps of those who walk the path that joins primordial wisdom and loving compassion. We are sure that you will connect with Lopon Rigzin Losal’s in-depth knowledge, his enthusiasm, and concern for students who often have little opportunity to communicate informally with an authentically trained Nyingma teacher. 

The Ottawa Palyul Centre wishes you a wonderful and auspicious month of practice. 

*CO-VID PROTOCOL – Due to the recent Ottawa health announcement and in order to keep everyone safe, masks will be required at the Centre for inhouse practices until further notice. Thank you for your continued cooperation and support.

*Inhouse practices – For our tsok practices, we will either follow Khenpo Norgay & Lama Pasang live at the NYC Centre or a previous Zoom recording of Khenchen Guru & Lama Samdup or Khenchen live in Ohio.

*Liturgy & Texts – We do have hard copy texts available at the Centre, but if you are joining an in-house practice, please feel free to bring a device on which you can follow the liturgy.

*Prayer Requests – if you have any prayer requests please click HERE  and we will be sure to include your requests on our tsoks on the 10th & 25th of the month