Set of 7 Aluminium Offering Bowls 9cm

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Set of 7 Aluminium Offering Bowls 9cm. A set of seven offering bowls can be placed on the altar and filled daily with water as a way to accumulate virtue and merit. This is also an effective way to cultivate generosity, as the water can be given freely without holding on. Alternatively, the bowls can be filled with a variety of substances and objects that symbolize the traditional offerings of drinking and washing water, flowers, incense, light, perfume, food, and music. One visualises each of the substances expanding infinitely through space as an offering to the object of refuge itself.

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Set of 7 Aluminium Offering Bowls 9cm. A set of seven offering bowls can be placed on the altar and filled daily with water as a way to accumulate virtue and merit. This is also an effective way to cultivate generosity, as the water can be given freely without holding on. Alternatively, the bowls can be filled with a variety of substances and objects that symbolize the traditional offerings of drinking and washing water, flowers, incense, light, perfume, food, and music. One visualises each of the substances expanding infinitely through space as an offering to the object of refuge itself.

The seven offering bowls are not simply bowls they are also powerful reminders of the seven aspirations of the Buddha, as well as the ways we ask for his guidance through prayer, confession, prostrating ourselves, and celebrating the positive qualities of all things. What we put in the bowls is equally important, as each offering has meaning. Traditionally, the offerings were: fresh drinking water, symbolising the eight merits and auspices; pure water, symbolising the purity of the body; flowers or plants for the pleasure of the Buddha’s eyes, symbolising generosity; incense, symbolising discipline; a butter lamp, symbolising wisdom, because ignorance is darkness and wisdom is brightness; a fragrance, symbolising devotion; and fruit or sweets, which express gratitude and can lead to the trance state of samadhi. Often, to guard against feelings of greed or self – importance that could destroy virtue, the seven offering bowls are simply water filled.

Height 4cm / 1.5 inches

Diameter 9cm / 3.5 inches

Handmade in Nepal.

Instructions for use:

Make Water Offerings

1. Start with the offering bowls facing downwards in a straight line on your altar.

2. Turn the first bowl to the left and fill it with some clean water from an offering jar.

3. Turn the second bowl over and pour most of the water from the first bowl into the second bowl, making sure to leave a small amount of water in the first bowl.

4. Turn the third bowl over and pour most of the water from the second bowl into the third bowl, making sure to leave a small amount of water in the second bowl.

5. Continue in this way until all seven bowls have some water in them.

6. Fill the offering bowls from left to right with more clean water from the offering pitcher. For auspiciousness, each bowl should be filled to the length of a grain of rice from the rim.

7. Throughout, chant “OM AH HUM” continuously.

8. Adjust the placement of the bowls so that they are one length of rice grain apart. Placing them too far apart creates the causes for being distant from the spiritual guide, while placing them too close together creates the causes for having a dull mind.

9. Light an incense stick and purify the water offerings while chanting “OM AH HUM”. Visualize that they are infinitely multiplied and transformed into an ocean of nectar and offered to all beings in the field of merit.

10. Recite a brief dedicatory prayer after completing the water offering ritual.

Closing the Offerings

1. Starting with the rightmost bowl, pour the water into a clean bucket or other suitable container.

2. Dry the bowl using a cloth set aside for this purpose, then place it face down on the altar.

3. Continue in this way from right to left until all the bowls are empty and dry.

4. Throughout this process, chant the 100-syllable Vajrasattva mantra or other purification mantras and visualize that your obstacles and delusions are being purified.

5. When not in use, offering bowls should always be kept face down or stored in a clean, dry place.

Additional information

Weight0.294 kg
Material

Aluminium

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