{"id":67682,"date":"2025-03-01T14:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T22:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/?p=67682"},"modified":"2025-03-01T14:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T22:09:03","slug":"the-powerful-potential-of-the-female-wood-snake-year-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/2025\/03\/01\/the-powerful-potential-of-the-female-wood-snake-year-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Powerful Potential of the Female Wood Snake Year (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Losar Tashi Delek! The Powerful Potential of the Female Wood Snake Year<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, all our Acharyas, Lamas, Mitras, and the Nalandabodhi Sangha wish you a Female Wood Snake Year full of peace, positive energy, great joy and happiness!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The beginning of the year can be likened to the morning of a day, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche said in his address during Nalandabodhi\u2019s celebration of Losar (The Tibetan New Year). The dawn of the new year, like the new morning, is the time for us to think: What are we going to do?<\/span>
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<\/span>Seeing that yesterday and all things in the past are like a dream, Rinpoche encourages us to gently and skilfully let go. Otherwise, when we hold onto things that are no longer there, it only leads to more pain. Next, we look forward to what we are going to do today and this year. What do we wish to achieve?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fulfilling Our Big Dreams with Small Steps<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Rinpoche shared how his guru, Khenpo Ts\u00fcltrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, always told him to think big and not restrict his vision. At the same time, we need to be practical and take small steps to achieve what we envision. With diligence, continuous steady effort, and a sense of commitment, we can fulfill our dreams. We can think of the story of the race between the tortoise and the hare. Because of his steady movement, free of fatigue, the tortoise makes it to the destination first. <\/span>
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<\/span>The same, Rinpoche taught, is true for our minds. If we do things with pure intentions in a persistent manner throughout the day, and from the beginning till the end of the year, not only do we not prevent harm from being done to ourselves and others, we are able to achieve freedom from confusion and attain the state of buddhahood. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Qualities of the Female Wood Snake Year\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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According to the Tibetan Calendar, this is the year of the Female Wood Snake. Rinpoche shared various qualities traditionally associated with such a year:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>