Description
Ritual Dagger Kartika Knife
About The Ritual Item :
Within Vajrayana Buddhism, the Ritual Dagger Kartika Knife holds great significance as a sacred tool. It features a hand-held brass vajra, which extends to a Makara, a mythical sea creature with its mouth wide open, attached to a curved crescent-shaped iron blade.Tantric ceremonies and rituals frequently employ this unusual pattern, which has great spiritual meaning.
The invincible thunderbolt or vajra, which symbolizes the strength to conquer difficulties and the unwavering character of enlightenment, is represented by the brass vajra. The Makara, seen with its mouth agape, represents achieving spiritual liberation and transcending materialistic wants. The cutting through of illusion to uncover the true essence of reality and the severing of ignorance are symbolized by the curved crescent-shaped iron blade.
The Kartika Knife is a ceremonial tool used by Vajrayana practitioners in symbolic gestures and visualizations to represent the removal of impediments and the cutting away of ego-clinging on the path to enlightenment. It is regarded as a sacred tool for practitioners pursuing spiritual revelation and transformation because of its profound symbolism and sacred design.
Introduction To The Kartika Knife :
While the Kartika is used in many Buddhist rituals, generally in connection with the kapala (skullcap), it is especially essential in the Tibetan practice of Chöd, a ritual involving self-sacrifice in which the practitioner visualizes their own body as an offering at a tantric feast. The Kartika is also famous for its use in the Tibetan sky burial ritual, in which the bodies of the dead are cut into small pieces and left on top of special gats or burial platforms for the vultures to consume. Unexpectedly, the Kartika is also used in Feng Shui practice.
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Size: 17 cm(Height) and 16.5 cm(Width)
Weight: 0.37 kg
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