Set Of 7 Offering Bowls with Engravings

Set Of 7 Offering Bowls with Engravings. Making offerings is an essential part of any Tibetan Buddhist practitioner. Available in a set of seven, these bowls can be used to offer pure water, the eight sensory objects, the five substances of commitment, and so on.

The practice of offering water, in particular, is one of the easiest methods of generating merit for the success of our spiritual practice. Water is generally regarded as abundant and freely available, so no sense of loss is felt when it is offered.

This in turn develops our generosity so that in the future we can offer other substances as freely as we offer water. In this way, the practice of making offerings to the Three Jewels represents the renunciation of our inner desires and attachments to material objects.

Enhance your daily water offerings with this traditional set of seven bronze offering bowls.

Material: Bronze

Height Small: 3cm | Large: 3.5cm

Diameter: Small 6cm | Large: 7.5cm

Handmade in Nepal.

Instructions for use:

Making Water Offerings

1. Start with the offering bowls facing down 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 manner 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 manner 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, the offering bowls should always be kept face down or stored in a clean, dry place.