Tibetan Offering Bowl Ornamented with the Buddhist Eight Auspicious Symbols

One offering bowl made from brass ornamented with the Buddhist eight auspicious symbols. It measures ~5 cm in height, the top diameter is ~6.5 cm and the base diameter is ~4.5 cm. This bowl can be filled with grain, water, milk, saffron, flowers, fruits or other elements that suits you and be placed on your altar as an offering to a spirit or a deity. Note that this bowl is not suitable for use as food tableware. It can also serve as a unique decorative accent, or a thoughtful gift for a spiritual person and those drawn to symbolic art. 

Offering bowls are commonly used in Tibetan temples, shrines, and home altars and filled with offerings every morning as a way of showing respect and worship. These are good for meditation and solitary altar.

The eight auspicious symbols present on the bowl are:

1. The endless knot denotes “the auspicious mark represented by a curled noose emblematic of love”. It is a symbol of the ultimate unity of everything. Moreover, it represents the intertwining of wisdom and compassion.

2.  The lotus flower  represents the primordial purity of body, speech, and mind, floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire. The lotus symbolizes purity and renunciation. Although the lotus has its roots in the mud at the bottom of a pond, its flower lies immaculate above the water.

3. The banner represents the Buddha’s victory over the four māras, or hindrances in the path of enlightenment. These hindrances are pride, desire, disturbing emotions, and the fear of death.

4.  The Dharmachakra or “Wheel of the Law” represents Gautama Buddha and the Dharma teaching.

5. The vase of great treasure represents health, longevity, wealth, prosperity, wisdom and the phenomenon of space. The vase or pot of great treasure, symbolizes the Buddha’s infinite quality of teaching the dharma: no matter how many teachings he shared, the treasure never lessened.

6. The pair of golden fish symbolise the auspiciousness of all sentient beings in a state of fearlessness without danger of drowning in saṃsāra.

7. The jewelled parasol represents the protection of beings from harmful forces and illness. It represents the canopy or firmament of the sky and therefore the expansiveness and unfolding of space and the element æther.

8. The clockwise swirling conch represents the beautiful, deep, melodious, interpenetrating and pervasive sound of the dharma, which awakens disciples from the deep slumber of ignorance and urges them to accomplish their own welfare for the welfare of others.

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