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    Dharmapala Day

    Tibetan · 29th day of the lunar month — the Protectors

    Tradition
    Buddhist
    Next observed
    February 5, 1970

    What It Is

    The day before the new moon is given to the Dharmapalas, the wrathful protectors — Mahakala, Palden Lhamo, Ekajati and their retinues. Their ferocity is not anger but compassion in armour: what they destroy are the obstacles to practice, inner and outer. Monasteries hold protector pujas on this day, and households sweep the year's accumulated staleness out of doors before the month closes.

    How to Observe It

    Clear something today — a room, an inbox, a grudge carried too long. Recite OM MAHAKALA HUM PHAT or simply state plainly what obstacle you are asking to have removed. Then act once in the direction of removing it yourself; the protectors work through hands.

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