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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 Siddharta Gautama was a human being who achieved enlightenment (or Awakening, or Buddhahood) through the practice of meditation with the aim of being able to help other beings free themselves from suffering by also reaching that awakened state of mind; from that time on he was known as Shakyamuni Buddha.
Its message of peace, omniscience, motivation and solidarity endures to this day, being the fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar, known as 'Saga Dawa' (in Tibetan) or 'Vesak' or 'Wesak' (in Sanskrit), very important in Buddhism: the birth, enlightenment and paranirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha is commemorated, and the result of all the actions we perform is considered to be greatly multiplied. That is why in this period the practice of Chenrezig is especially carried out and the mantra 'Om Ma Ni Pad Me Hung' is accumulated with the intention of accumulating a large amount of virtue for the benefit of all beings. If you want to join in reciting mantras in the great accumulation of Chenrezig Om Mani Padme Hung mantras during these days of Saga Dawa at the Dag Shang Kagyu Buddhist center (Panillo, Spain), this is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIKxphlxb3BUhY6T_PU71YrqvY_2Ydve934ZlIjgd3bbqWcA/viewform As the lamas always remember, it is a short mantra, very easy to remember, only 6 syllables, but very powerful, and very beneficial: Om Ma Ni Pe Me Hung Om Ma Ni Pe Me Hung Om Ma Ni Pe Me Hung... Listen and learn more about Chenrezig mantra here: https://www.dusumsangtong.com/chenrezig-meditation-mantra-om-mani-padme-hung-live.html In Tibetan Buddhism, the lama (from the Tibetan བླ་མ་, teacher or spiritual guide) is an "authority on doctrine," a spiritual teacher, someone capable of showing others the unequivocal path to liberation and enlightenment.
"Lama" is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The Tibetan word "Lama" means "highest principle", and less literally "highest mother" or "highest parent" to show close relationship between teacher and student. “Khyenno” means “please think of me”. With this, we remember the lama again and again, constantly keeping in mind the positive qualities of the lama and praying to him or her.  Get inspired by new age music with warm blessed healing sounds.
Concentrate and pacify the mind by reconnecting with your true nature. Relax, expand your mind and open your heart to bring peace to the world. Music to focus and calm down. Start your inner journey! Listen & share here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/62EYov1T22orJny4xJZyXW?si=b8a004eaa83b4b1cit. "In general, the mantras are in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is considered not a human language, but a divine one. If we think about it, each language comes from the energy of each country (German is impregnated with German energy, Italian with Italian energy, etc). But Sanskrit came from this other energy, a divine, or enlightened energy. So when you recite the mantras, when you make the sounds of the mantra, for example "Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha", there is a blessing just in those sounds: the Sanskrit alphabet is a mantra.
 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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