Kapala (skullbowl)
A container of the elixir of immortality in Tantric rituals and carried by Tantric deities, it symbolizes enlightenment’s power to transmute even death into infinite
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A container of the elixir of immortality in Tantric rituals and carried by Tantric deities, it symbolizes enlightenment’s power to transmute even death into infinite
A ritual bell which has half of a vajra scepter as its handle and symbolizes the ultimate wisdom that is the source of, and always
A Sanskrit word literally meaning “diamond” or “thunderbolt.” Universal vehicle Buddhism transvalued it into a symbol of great compassion, the strongest power in the universe.
A ritual stake or dagger, used to transfix and pin down demons in the process of taming them and teaching them to reform their ways.
A portable shrine in which a statue of the owner’s personal deity is kept, wrapped in silk.
A great scholar, philosopher, and adept of ancient India, credited with a six-hundred year life span. He was the discoverer of the universal vehicle scriptures,
Great pundit, master scholar, philosopher, and yogin of the 4th century India, he attained revelatory visions of the future Buddha Maitreya, and received five books
The 7 water bowl offerings are traditionally made on a Buddhist altar each day, and placed in front of and a little below the representatives
A traditional Buddhist rosary consists of 108 even-sized beads. It is usually held in the right hands of deities or lineage masters, symbolizing the purity
