Handcrafted Offering Butter Lamp | Symbol of Wisdom & Enlightenment
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Size: 11cm(Height) x 8cm(Diameter)
Base: 5.5cm
Inner Depth: 3.5cm
Single Weight: 0.19kg
Total Weight: kg
Materials: White Metal & Brass
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About Our Product
This Vajrayana Offering Butter Lamp is a sacred Buddhist altar lamp made from white metal and brass, created for puja rituals, meditation spaces, shrine rooms, and devotional offerings. Measuring 11 cm in height with an 8 cm diameter, a 5.5 cm base, and a 3.5 cm inner depth, this butter lamp carries a bright and peaceful altar presence. Its white metal body with warm brass accents gives the piece a balanced sacred appearance for daily spiritual practice.
The design features a wide offering bowl, raised pedestal base, rounded central support, and brass detailing along the rim, body, and lower base. The polished white metal surface reflects light beautifully, while the brass bands add warmth and traditional Himalayan character. Each part of the lamp is shaped to support a graceful ritual form, making it suitable for Buddhist altars, temple settings, meditation corners, and meaningful shrine decor.
In Buddhist tradition, butter lamp offerings symbolize the light of wisdom that clears ignorance and guides beings toward enlightenment. Lighting a butter lamp is connected with clarity, compassion, merit, devotion, and the wish for peace in all directions. Placed on an altar, this Tibetan offering lamp becomes a daily reminder of mindful intention, inner awakening, and the peaceful path of Dharma practice.
Introduction To The Butter Lamp :
Offering a butter lamp is also a deeply spiritual practice. The traditional practice of preparing a butter lamp starts by washing one’s hands, 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 were commonly used in old times. The entire process is a meditative spiritual practice that engages a person both physically and mentally, provided the person knows and practices it in accordance with established norms.
