The traditional rice offering bowl is also known as gulpa is entirely a hand-carved item. The rice offering bowl is finely designed with seku making it more attractive and antique. The top lid holds a half vajra and the entire bowl is decorated with Coral, Turquoise, Lapis, and Crystal Stones to yield a rich and sensuous finish.
When making the offering, it is important that one knows the purpose and symbolism of these offerings, and that whether one is able to offer one single bowl or many, one realizes that the importance lies in the attitude with which one makes the offering to the enlightened objects of the refuge, the sources of all inspiration. The offering is an occasion for the accumulation of inexhaustible merit. One offers what one can. The more sincerely offerings are made, the more one will find themselves surrounded by an abundance of what has been offered.
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Size: 35cm(Height) and 31cm(Base)
Weight: 3.758 kg
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