Buddhist Lama Prayer Pair Tibet Pattern Tibetan Brass Butter Lamp Handmade Nepal
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Description of Each Butter LampLength of Butter lamp : 6.7" inches / 17.2 Cms Width of Butter Lamp : 5.0" inches / 12.8 Cms Weight of Butter Lamp : 1482 Gms / 3.268 Lbs Product Code : BL0918 Tibetan butter lampButter lamps... (Tibetan: དཀར་མེ་, Wylie: dkar me) are a conspicuous feature of Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout the Himalayas. The lamps traditionally burn clarified yak butter, but now often use vegetable oil or vanaspati ghee.Each morning Tibetans offer a lighted butter lamp, representing the illumination of wisdom, [1] along with seven bowls containing pure water (or symbolic offerings of washing water, drinking water, flowers, scent, perfumed water, food, and sound) before the images on their household shrine. The butter lamp usually being placed between the fourth and fifth bowls. At funeral ceremonies or when visiting temples and going on pilgrimage to sacred sites, Tibetan Buddhists often light a large number of butter lamps together at one time.The butter lamps help to focus the mind and aid meditation. According to the Root Tantra of Chakrasamvara, "If you wish for sublime realization, offer hundreds of lights".[2]Pilgrims also supply lamp oil to gain merit. The monks in the monastery manage the actual lamps, taking extreme care to avoid starting one of the devastating fires which have damaged many monasteries over the years. For safety, butter lamps are sometimes restricted to a separate courtyard enclosure with a stone floor.Externally, the lights are seen to banish darkness. Conceptually, they convert prosaic substance into illumination, a transformation akin to the search for enlightenment. Esoterically, they recall the heat of the tummo yoga energy of the Six Yogas of Naropa, an important text for Kagyu, Gelug, and Sakya schools of tantric Buddhism. About Us We offer 50% combined shipping discount. We ship our products Worldwide and also assure dispatching your Products usually within 24-48 hours once the payment is confirmed. All the economic shipping items are shipped using USPS First class package service from Nepal to US that can take up to 15 days to reach to you and 45 days in another country from here.Standard shipping is shipped using Aramex or FedEx that will take maximum of 8 days to reach to you.
