Lien Tam Monastery Turku 🌸 Spring Celebration – Year of the Horse 2026 🌸
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## 🌸 Spring Celebration – Lunar New Year 2026 (Year of the Horse) 🌸
### Finland Meditation Retreat (FMR)
📍 More information from the organizer page: https://www.facebook.com/lientamluostari
As the Lunar New Year arrives, we warmly invite you to join Finland Meditation Retreat (FMR) in celebrating the Year of the Horse 2026 with mindfulness, joy, and community spirit.
In Vietnamese culture, Tết (Lunar New Year) is not only a festive holiday, but also a sacred time for reflection, gratitude, and setting wholesome intentions for the year ahead. At Tu Viện Liên Tâm in Turku, we will welcome the new spring season through meditation, chanting, traditional ceremonies, and cultural activities.
The Year of the Horse symbolizes strength, vitality, courage, and forward movement. Together, we begin the new year with clarity of mind, compassion in the heart, and renewed energy for our path of practice.
### 🌿 What This Celebration Includes
- Guided meditation sessions
- Traditional Buddhist chanting and New Year blessings
- Midnight New Year welcoming ceremony
- Lion dance and cultural performances
- Vegetarian festive meals
- Community gathering and joyful activities
Whether you are experienced in meditation or completely new, Vietnamese or international, Buddhist or simply curious — you are warmly welcome. This event is open to all who wish to start the new year with peace and positive intention.
Let us gather in mindfulness, celebrate cultural diversity, and plant seeds of happiness for 2026.
🌸 May the Year of the Horse bring you strength, wisdom, health, and inner peace. 🌸