In the early morning on February 21, 2023, the first day of the Tibetan new year in the sign of the Female Water Rabbit, the monastic community of Palpung Yeshi Rabgye Ling Nunnery observed this auspicious beginning with a smoke offering ritual, which included offerings and praises to the Three Roots to invoke their activity and an exhortation by the power of truth to the oath-bound Dharma protectors.
When the ritual was completed, the nunnery's teachers and all the nuns offered a ceremonial scarf in front of Guru Vajradhara His Holiness Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa's image, after which everyone was seated in rows according to the traditional seating arrangement to enjoy an auspicious feast of ceremonial tea and sweet rice, along with traditional elaborate arrangements of food offerings.
