Geshe Tenzin Sherap will offer the Phalden Lhamo Puja and lead students in the Twenty-One Praises to Tara on Losar, February 24, 2020 at 7:00pm. 

The first day of the first lunar month of the Tibetan calendar is Losar.  

Losar is the first of fifteen days that commemorate Buddha's teachings and miracles that converted many students of other schools to Buddha's thought. The fifteenth day is called Chotrul Duchen.

Palden Lhamo is the protector of Tibet and the Gelug Order of Monks.  Palden Lhamo is a wrathful protector who rides a mule that has an eye on the left rump of the mule.

MONDAY,  MARCH 09, 2020 
CHOTRUL DUCHEN - DAY OF MIRACLE

The first day of the fifteen miracles began on the new moon, now known as Losar. Each day for fifteen days, Buddha gave teachings and performed miracles in order subdued the followers of the six schools. 

The fifteenth day is known as the Day of Miracles, each day all actions are magnified millions of times. 

The Day of Miracles or Chotrul Duchen celebrates the subduing of the leaders of the six main philosophical schools who had challeneged Buddha to a contest of miraculous powers.