Losar 2025 Commemorating Lama Yeshe (Onsite/Online)

Join us for our Losar celebration and welcome the arrival of the Tibetan New Year. This auspicious event is an opportunity to rejoice and engage in practices, allowing us to abandon negativities and open our hearts to positive aspects. We invite you to start this year’s Losar with a commemoration of Lama Yeshe, led by Ven. Robina Courtin, who was one of Lama’s early students.

Concluding the evening will be a Lama Chöpa with Tsog, which is recommended on such auspicious days. This puja will be led by a Lhagsam facilitator.

WHEN: Friday, February 28
 Commemorating Lama Yeshe with Ven. Robina live on Zoom: 6:30 – 7.15 pm CET
 Lama Chöpa with Tsog led by a Lhagsam Facilitator:  7:30 – 9.00 pm CET

WHERE: Gablerstrasse 51 and on Zoom – read below for disclaimer
LANGUAGE: English
LEVEL: Some basic understanding of Buddhism is recommended, but everyone is welcome!
PRAYER BOOK: Prayers for the Swift Return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
SADHANA: Lama Chöpa

This year, Losar falls on February 28 and is followed by The Fifteen Days of Miracles, which continues through Chötrul Düchen on March 14. According to the Tibetan calendar, Losar will mark the first day of the year of the Year of the Wood Snake.

The Fifteen Days of Miracles are powerful time for Buddhist practice. All fifteen days starting on Losar are merit-multiplying days, when the merit of virtuous actions performed on these days is multiplied by 100 million, as cited by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from the vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic. It is a perfect moment to renew and strengthen our practice.

For the FPMT, Losar is a special time as it commemorates the anniversary of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe’s passing at dawn of Losar in 1984.

Program:
6.30-7.15: Ven. Robina commemorates Lama Yeshe and talks about the FPMT
7.30-9.00: Lama Chöpa with Tsog, led by a Lhagsam facilitator

Please notice: Ven. Robina is live on Zoom only and won’t be leading the Lama Chöpa.

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Ven. Robina Courtin, Australian-born, has a powerhouse personality and has been a Buddhist nun for nearly 40 years. Well known for her work with people in prisons, Ven. Robina’s life and work is the subject of the award-winning documentary “Chasing Buddha“. She teaches full time around the world at the centers of her teachers’ organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Read more.

Disclaimer: Ven. Robina is on Zoom only, and not onsite. Lhagsam may publish recorded sessions in the public domain (e.g., on YouTube). By joining this event, you are agreeing to give your consent to this process. To protect your privacy, we recommend being conscious about any personal information you share during the sessions. The teacher and staff are always in the spotlight on Zoom and the camera eye when onsite. To further enhance anonymity on Zoom, you may want to consider turning off video or naming yourself using your first name.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

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Language: English

Level: Everyone is welcome, whether you are in Zurich or elsewhere.