Losar: The Tibetan New Year and the Art of Conscious Renewal
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There is something quietly profound about the way the Tibetan New Year arrives. It does not announce itself with fireworks or countdown clocks. It comes instead through weeks of careful preparation, through the scent of juniper smoke rising from an altar, through the sound of prayers spoken softly in the early morning. Losar, as the Tibetan New Year is known, is one of the most significant festivals in Tibetan culture and Buddhism. And for those of us living fast, full lives in the modern world, its wisdom feels surprisingly close to home