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Sera Jey Monastery’s annual Hayagriva Retreat Ceremony རྟ་མགྲིན་ཡང་གསང་གི་བསྙེན་པ། for the year 2022 is scheduled from 21 – 30 March 2022.
The first day of the retreat was the Invocation Ceremony, and the last final day will be Hayagriva Fire Puja and Tsog Offering Ceremony. The entire monk community of Sera Jey Monastery is participating in this sacred retreat, dedicated to the longlife of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, all living Buddhas and for the peace, harmony & prosperity in the world.
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The traditional Losar ceremony, Tibetan New Year Ceremony, at the monastery was held on the early morning of the 1st day of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar year 2149, 3rd March 2022. The monastery’s abbot presided the official ceremony before the monastery’s council members and department heads. This was followed by a prayer assembly and ceremony at the main temple, with tea and sweet rice offering.
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The annual Guthor Ceremony for the year 2022 was held on 1st March 2022, a traditional event held on the penultimate (29th) day of the closing year, to eliminate any negative obstacles prelude to the Tibetan New Year.
The ceremony involves a three day prayer and rituals by a group of monks at the Hayagriva shrine, with the Thorgya (special hand crafted flour cake) incinerated on the final third day.