Purification before Losar: cleaning the home and the mind in the final days of the Tibetan year6/2/2026  Closing the year in the Tibetan tradition In the Tibetan tradition, the final days of the year are not meant for moving forward, but for closing. It is a natural time of withdrawal, when energy settles and outward activity is gently reduced. This is not a moment for mental review or future planning, but for pausing. Allowing what has accumulated throughout the year—experiences, emotions, habits—to settle and come to an end. For this reason, it is not a time to begin new projects or make major decisions. It is a time to finish, release, and empty, letting the cycle close without force. Inner and outer purification before the Tibetan New Year Purification before Losar is not merely symbolic. It encompasses both the physical space and the inner space. The home is understood as an extension of the mind: outer disorder reflects inner accumulation, and cleaning the environment supports mental clarity and lightness. In the same way, reviewing habits, rhythms, and daily ways of living is part of this process. Not through judgment, but through observation: what no longer serves, what weighs, what can be released. Purification is not about removal for its own sake, but about making space for what is essential. The Meaning of the Mahakala Drubchen In this tradition, this period culminates with the Mahakala drubchen, an intensive, multi-day practice designed to:
The Mahakala practice helps to cut off at the root:
Conscious cleaning as a daily spiritual practice Beyond ritual, cleaning can become a simple and profound practice. Cleaning slowly, without haste or distraction, transforms an everyday action into an act of presence. It is not about achieving a perfect result, but about bringing attention to the gesture: breathing, observing, acknowledging what is released. This way of cleaning does not seek control or perfection, but rather lightens our relationship with objects, with time, and with ourselves. Silence is also cultivated in ordinary actions. Preparing the space to receive Losar (February 18) On February 18, Losar, the Tibetan New Year, begins.
But this transition does not happen abruptly: it requires a space that has already been cleared. The days before Losar form a threshold, a passage between what is ending and what has not yet begun. Preparing the space—both outer and inner—allows the new cycle to arrive without resistance. Not from expectation, but from availability. When space is clear and the mind more settled, the new year can begin with greater stability, simplicity, and presence.
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Purifying negativities the last day of the Tibetan year with Vajrasattva 100 syllables mantra21/2/2023 Last night, before Losar day (Tibetan new year), music came to my mind while singing 100 syllabes of Dorje Sempa mantra (Vajrasattva mantra) with some rhythm inspired by the sound of the mantra.
I decided to record it before going to bed. I thought: "It seems a good idea to work on this today, so I can purify obscurations singing the Vajrasattva mantra in the last day of the Tibetan year 2149, and start tomorrow the new year 'very clean'". Why not?  Om Mani Padme Hung, Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha and Om Ah Hung Bendza Guru Pema Siddhi Hung (Chenrezig, Tara and Guru Rinpoche Mantras) "In Tibet the Buddhist tradition is very old and everyone admits that mantras recitation has beneficial effects. Instead in the West it is not seen that these words can act on the mind. The power of the words Words are sounds with a very large power. In everyday life, words can cause joy or anger, or completely change a person's mood. It is not difficult to verify that this power is exercised in numerous areas. The function of mantras Mantras have the power to purify the minds of faults and veils and make their true nature evident. Its function is therefore very beneficial. Take for example the Chenrezig mantra, the mantra of six syllables OM MANI PADME HUNG. Each of the syllables is attributed powers such as eliminating the six basic disturbing emotions (desire-air, hate-aversion, mental opacity, greed, jealousy and pride). The mantras, intraduible The mantras have been stated by the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas with the help of words and sounds of the Sanskrit. As sound plays a very important role in mantras, Tibetans never translated them into their language, but transcribed them thanks to a transliteration system that allows you to preserve the Sanskrit sound using the Tibetan alphabet. Thus they preserved the spiritual power inherent in the loudness of the Sanskrit and the original mantra enunciation. Easy and beneficial Even if we are physically occupied by a job or other activities, or do not have time to meditate, we have the possibility of using our word to recite from time to time the mantra OM MANI PADME HUNG, so we will do something of great value and its effects will be very deep, for ourselves and for others." (Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, Budismo Esotérico, Ediciones Chabsel: https://dskpanillo.org/shop/product/budismo-esoterico-16792?category=958&page=2) Read more 👉 Green Tara and Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha mantra. The meaning of divinity in Tibetan Buddhism  The mala is used to recite mantras. It is held in the left hand and the beads are passed down. The two counters added to it end in a vajra, a symbol of compassion and skillful means, and a bell, a symbol of wisdom and emptiness. |
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