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Source: Mandala Texts: Nyilo: New Year of Shar and Wang Region

Nyilo (ཉི་ལོག) is Bhutanese winter solstice and it roughly falls in 11^th Bhutanese month and coincides with early January. Nyilo literally means ‘the return of the sun’. It is the day from which the duration of sunlight time increases, signifying the start of longer days. It is considered to be the most auspicious day of the year for the Bhutanese. The people have traditionally believed that on Nyilo, past mistakes may be erased and karmic value of good deeds can multiply.

Nyilo, observed as the new year of the people of Shar and Wang region in western Bhutan. Lolay (ལོ་ལེགས) is celebrated as a part of Nyilo. From the Buddhist perspective, Lolay is a type of celebration aimed at blocking certain paranormal misfortunes from befalling the region and thereby promoting peace and prosperity in the region for the entire year to come. Nyilo is considered more sacred than any other day and all people are discouraged from taking part in negative activities. In Paro and Haa, Lolay comes a day ahead of Lomba (ལོ་འབག) and in Wang and Shar regions it falls one day ahead of Nyilo.

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Abhidhamma (अभिधम्म) usually refers to the last section (piṭaka) of the Pali canon and includes schematic classifications of scholastic literature dealing with Theravāda Buddhism. Primary topics include psychology, philosophy, methodology and metaphysics which are rendered into exhaustive enumerations and commentaries.

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