The Fire of Compassion: A Winter Solstice Festival with Lama Tashi Norbu

This December, Temple Mother Earth in Washington DC welcomes Venerable Lama Tashi Norbu, Tibetan Buddhist monk, painter, and founder of the Museum of Tibetan Art & Culture for a transformative Winter Solstice gathering.
Over ten days, our sanctuary becomes a living mandala where art, mantra, and ceremony merge to ignite the fire of compassion within each of us.

Everything is energy. Every color, sound, and movement creates a vibration that awakens something deep inside. You’re invited to step into this frequency and be part of a rare cross-cultural collaboration between Tibetan and Earth-based wisdom.

• Fire as Purification: In Tibetan practice, fire ceremonies (Jinsek or Homa) are powerful methods to clear karmic obstacles, awaken inner light, and transform dense energy into wisdom.
• Art as Meditation: Through live painting, sand mandala creation, and sacred tattooing, Lama Tashi demonstrates how art becomes prayer , a bridge between the seen and unseen worlds.
• Sound as Healing: The Tibetan Healing Concert uses mantra, voice, horns, and bowls to awaken cellular memory and open pathways of compassion.
• Tattoo as Sacred Imprint: The Tibetan Sacred Tattoo is a living mantra, a permanent prayer inscribed on the body to seal protection, purpose, and power.

Each day of this festival is a ceremonial portal from temple blessings to fire rituals designed to help you embody the solstice’s essence: the return of light through inner awakening.

A Buddhist Home & Heart Blessing opens the festival — harmonizing the temple through mantra, incense, and vibration. The space itself becomes a vessel for devotion and awakening.

• Opening Invocation – A collective breath aligning every heart to presence.
• Live Painting – Lama Tashi paints directly from meditation; art becomes spirit in motion.
• Lama Dance – Movement as mantra; body dissolving into sound.
• Sand Mandala – A teaching on impermanence through color and symmetry.
• Tibetan Healing Concert – Bowls, bells, and chant restore balance through sacred sound.

Each design is a personal mantra in ink, revealed through the ancient Tibetan astrological system. Lama Tashi sings, writes, and inscribes your mantra while teaching you to embody its vibration.
A once-in-a-lifetime initiation to turn your body into a living prayer.

👉 Book your sacred seat at the altar: bit.ly/TibetanSacredTattoo

Guided by the serpent, the timeless teacher of transformation, these evenings weave breath, sound, and Tibetan chant into a field of deep renewal.
This ceremony is offered in compassionate support of King James and all who walk healing paths, demonstrating how ancient technologies of breath and sound can awaken life force.

A rare fusion of Amazonian Earth medicine and Tibetan mantra.
Mantras and prayers accompany the kambo process, balancing physical purification with spiritual harmony, a sacred dialogue between forest and monastery.

👉bit.ly/KingKamboCeremony

An evening of story, food, and gratitude with Lama Tashi and the Temple family. To share food is to share energy; community is medicine.

The longest night births new light.
A Tibetan Healing Concert flows into a Sacred Fire Ceremony, inviting collective release and renewal as the mandala of compassion closes in peace.

This is more than a festival, it’s a convergence of Tibetan Buddhism, art, and Earth-based healing.
Each experience deepens connection between the seen and unseen, reminding us that everything is energy and everything matters.

Temple Mother Earth has been a sanctuary for five years, opening its doors when others closed, continuing to nurture connection, ceremony, and higher states of consciousness for all who enter.

Reserve your sacred seat at the altar, meet the monk, and experience art that breathes.
🎟 Festival details → bit.ly/LamaTashiDC
💎 Tattoo Prayers → bit.ly/TibetanSacredTattoo

• These are spiritual and cultural offerings, not medical care.
• Experiences are not evaluated by the FDA, and participation is voluntary.
• Always consult your licensed healthcare provider before participating in any physical, energetic, or ceremonial process.
• Facilitators reserve the right to decline participation for safety or energetic integrity.

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🍲 Integration Circle Potluck: Connect and integrate with our community over a shared meal. bit.ly/TMEPotluck

🧘🏽‍♂️ Online Meditation: Join us online for a guided meditation session from the comfort of your home. bit.ly/VirtualMahaYoga

🌟 Hape Circle: Join us for a powerful Hape Circle to cleanse and align your energies. Discover the ancient practice of Hape and its profound benefits. bit.ly/HapeCircle 🌿🙏

🎉 Freedom Fridays: Celebrate the end of the week with lively events and activities. bit.ly/FreedomFridaysEvent

🌍 Community Day: Engage in activities and connect with fellow community members. bit.ly/CommunityHealingDay

🐸 Kambo Ceremony: Experience deep healing with our traditional Kambo ceremony. bit.ly/KingKamboCeremony

🎵Family Soulful Sundays: End your week with soulful music and meaningful discussions. bit.ly/FamilySoulfulSundays

🎨 Art Expo: Explore and celebrate local art at our upcoming expo. bit.ly/ARTExpo

These events offer a wide range of activities for personal growth, community connection, and holistic well-being. Join us and be part of our vibrant community!

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