Traditional Copper Butter Lamps for Buddhist Offerings
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Size: 14.5cmcm(Height) x 10.5cm (Diameter)
Base:7cm
Inner Depth: 4.5cm
Single Weight: 0.36kg
Total Weight: 0.72kg
Materials: Copper, Brass Lining
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About Butter Lamp:
This Handmade Sacred Butter Lamp Set includes two traditional offering lamps crafted from copper with brass lining. Butter lamps are commonly placed on Buddhist altars as offerings of light during prayer, meditation, and devotional practices. Each lamp measures 14.5cm in height and 10.5cm in diameter, with a 7cm base and 4.5cm inner depth. The pair has a total weight of 0.72 kg.
Each lamp has a wide bowl supported by a decorative pedestal base, providing space for butter or suitable lamp oil. The upper bowl features a textured hand-finished surface, while the stem and base are shaped with multiple raised sections that give the lamp its traditional appearance. The brass-lined interior provides a contrasting finish inside the copper bowl.
This Tibetan Copper Butter Lamp Set is suitable for Buddhist altars, meditation spaces, prayer rooms, monasteries, and collections of Himalayan ritual objects. Used as a light offering, the pair can be incorporated into daily practice or traditional altar arrangements.
Introduction To The Butter Lamp :
The whole process of offering a butter lamp is also a very spiritual practice. The traditional practice of preparing a butter lamp starts by washing one’s hand, wearing a mask to protect from contaminating the butter lamp through one’s breath, making the wick out of pure cotton, and cleaning the chalices with a clean piece of cloth reserved for this or fresh mosses from the trees, which was commonly used in old times. The whole process is a meditative spiritual practice, which engages a person both physically and mentally, if the person knows and practices it according to the norms.
How to set up your own Buddhist Shrine?
• Find a clean, quiet, and uncluttered spot
• Set up an altar table, and cover it with an altar cloth that calls to you
• Place your sacred item at the center
