2027 Losar (Lunar) New Year Celebration – Sang Offering and Prayers of Auspiciousness

This event is available Online ONLY.

Losar: From Our Home to Yours
A Global Sangha Celebration of the Tibetan New Year

No matter where you live in the world, you are warmly invited to celebrate Losar together as one global Dzokden family.

Losar (ལོ་གསར་)—the Tibetan New Year—is much more than the turning of the calendar. It is a sacred time to purify the past year, make vast aspirations for the year ahead, renew our connection with the Dharma, and gather with spiritual friends in celebration. Throughout Tibet and the Himalayan regions, families traditionally make offerings, raise fresh prayer flags, offer fragrant smoke to the Buddhas, protectors, local deities, and all beings, and spend the first days of the new year creating merit and rejoicing together.

This year, wherever you are in the world, we invite you to join us live from your own home.

Together we will perform the traditional Jonang Sang Offering and Riwo Sangchö smoke offering to purify obstacles, increase merit, and dedicate prayers for peace, harmony, and the flourishing of the Dharma in the coming year.

If you are joining online, we encourage you to participate fully at home.

You might wish to:

-Offer incense, juniper, or another fragrant smoke offering.
-Hang a new set of prayer flags while making aspirations for the year ahead.
-Recite your favorite prayers, including Kurukullé aspirations or other personal dedications.
-Join the chanting during the pujas.
-Celebrate with family, friends, or your local practice community.

One of the beautiful traditions of Losar is sharing joy with others. We’d love for our worldwide sangha to celebrate together.

If you would like, record a short video or take a photo of yourself or your family:

-hanging your prayer flags,
-making your smoke offering,
-chanting, singing, or offering a prayer,
-or simply celebrating Losar together.

After the event, please send your photos or videos to [email protected] so we can create a beautiful community offering celebrating Losar around the world.

May the smoke of our offerings carry prayers in every direction.
May the new prayer flags spread blessings on every wind.
May the merit created by our worldwide sangha bring peace, prosperity, and awakening to all beings.

Losar Tashi Delek!

Schedule by Timezone

San Francisco, USA — Sun, 7 Feb 2027 at 8:00 AM PST
New York, USA — Sun, 7 Feb 2027 at 11:00 AM EST
São Paulo, Brazil — Sun, 7 Feb 2027 at 1:00 PM BRT
Vienna, Austria — Sun, 7 Feb 2027 at 5:00 PM CET
Hanoi, Vietnam — Sun, 7 Feb 2027 at 11:00 PM ICT
Hong Kong, Hong Kong — Mon, 8 Feb 2027 at 12:00 Midn HKT
Melbourne, Australia — Mon, 8 Feb 2027 at 3:00 AM AEDT

Zoom Information

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86070270193?pwd=8RZ7QOIyTQNqumkT2jCLBJ5ni3hdVb.1
Meeting ID: 860 7027 0193
Password: 108108

If you can’t join in real time you can at the minimum light incense and play this song https://youtu.be/PPgsLtSDL0g?si=WUgNeoAg05zc3dnN better yet recite one of the sang offerings.

Play the prayers of Auspiciousness