Happy Losar 2148 - Year of the Iron Ox

Losar Bey Tashi Delek!  Wishing  my fellow Buddhists and everyone happiness and good will.  May you achieve good life and abundance as we celebrate Losar - the Tibetan New Year.  The Tibetan year is composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a new moon.  Tomorrow will mark the first day of the first month of the Tibetan lunar calendar and the beginning of a three-day festival welcoming a new year.  This celebration predates Buddhism as a gesture by farmers to thank the gods for a good harvest.  It has since become a predominantly Buddhist festival celebrating the commencement of the New Year.