Tibetan Buddhism Mini Sterling Silver Offerings: Eight Auspicious Symbols, Seven Royal Jewels, Eight Symbols of Good Fortune, Wealth Ingots

Practitioners must remember to accumulate merit and wisdom on all levels of daily life to aid their spiritual practice. Rituals such as offering mandalas, the Eight Auspicious Symbols, Seven Royal Jewels, and Eight Symbols of Good Fortune in daily practice and ceremonies hold profound inner, outer, and secret meanings. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Eight Auspicious Symbols represent the aggregation of all precious treasures, The Seven Royal Jewels symbolize the rare treasures of the human realm, The Eight Symbols of Good Fortune signify auspicious conditions for swift spiritual attainment. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Symbolic Meanings of the Eight Auspicious Symbols: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 【Parasol】 Protects practitioners from harm and affliction, symbolizes the protection of the Dharma, and represents the excellence and nobility of the Buddhist teachings. 【Golden Fish】 Symbolizes practitioners who have transcended worldly concerns, enjoy freedom and vastness, and have attained liberation. The pair of fish signifies the state of dual liberation and also represents the Buddha's wisdom eyes. 【Conch Shell】 Represents the far-reaching sound of the Buddha's teachings, spreading in all ten directions like sound echoing through the void. It is sometimes used as a vessel to hold offerings like rosewater or to adorn thrones, stupas, and statues. 【Lotus Flower】 Emerging unstained from mud, it represents purity, especially the purity of mind and intellect. It is also seen as a symbol of immaculate enlightenment and the Buddha's broad, long tongue. 【Vase】 Evokes the satisfaction of desires, holding various treasures. It is like an inexhaustible, immeasurable vase that symbolizes the eternal, undying nature of the Buddha's teachings and the fulfillment of spiritual and material wishes. 【Endless Knot】 Signifies uninterrupted causes and conditions, symbolizing connections and auspiciousness. With no beginning and no end, it represents the boundless teachings of the Buddha and the inexhaustible ultimate Buddha-nature. 【Victory Banner】 Symbolizes the victory of the Buddha's teachings and the wisdom that dispels ignorance. It purifies all karmic obscurations for sentient beings, leading to the attainment of joyful victory. It also represents the aspiration for enduring and unchanging peace and happiness. 【Dharma Wheel】 In scriptures, it is related to the three trainings of discipline, concentration, and wisdom in practice: the axle represents "discipline," by which the mind can be held steady; the spokes represent "wisdom," the wisdom of knowing emptiness, which severs ignorance; and the rim represents "concentration," awareness and focus. It also symbolizes the completeness and perfection of the Dharma, which, with no beginning or end, can move and stop in an instant, truly representing the entirety and perfection of the teachings and the aspiration for their widespread propagation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Symbolic Meanings of the Seven Royal Jewels: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 【Golden Wheel Treasure】 Also known as the Dharma Wheel, it symbolizes the constant turning of the wisdom Dharma Wheel, leading sentient beings to enlightenment and Buddhahood. 【Mani Jewel Treasure】 Also called the Supreme Jewel Treasure, it signifies that the Buddha's Dharma is like a treasure trove, shaped like a conch shell. 【Queen Treasure】 In the form of a female bodhisattva, it represents the dispelling of afflictions and the attainment of pure joy. 【Minister Treasure】 Depicted as a seated civil official, it symbolizes wisdom and rationality. 【White Elephant Treasure】 Depicted as a white elephant carrying a jewel on its back, it signifies the boundless reach and widespread propagation of the Buddha's teachings. 【General Treasure】 An image of a warrior holding a weapon, it represents the protection of the Dharma. 【Horse Treasure】 Also known as the Supreme Horse Treasure, it symbolizes warding off evil, eliminating calamities, and smooth sailing. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Symbolic Meanings of the Eight Symbols of Good Fortune: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 【Mirror】 A mirror is a symbol of altruistic perfection. By offering a clear and bright silver mirror, one aspires for all sentient beings, both self and others, to realize the true meaning of the Dharma and attain the wisdom to see the true nature of all phenomena. 【Cow's Gallstone】 Cow's gallstone clarifies the mind, symbolizing the removal of all mental poisons. By offering cow's gallstone, one aspires to dispel the afflictions and suffering in the continuum of all sentient beings, achieving auspiciousness and perfection. 【Cheese】 Cheese is a symbol for overcoming afflictions and negative karma. Therefore, by offering cheese before a supreme object of reverence, one aspires for all sentient beings to attain the sublime food of meditative absorption, leading to enlightenment and Buddhahood. 【Long-Life Grass】 Long-life grass is a plant with extremely strong vitality in India. By offering this long-life grass to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, one aspires for all sentient beings to attain the vajra body, free from birth, death, aging, and decay. 【Papaya】 By offering papaya to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, one aspires to purify the twelve links of dependent origination in sequence and attain the fruit of Nirvana. 【Conch Shell】 By offering a right-turning conch shell, one aspires to emit the melodious sound of Dharma speech. Its meaning represents the aspiration for the Buddha's teachings to spread in all ten directions, like the sound of a conch. 【Cinnabar】 Cinnabar is a natural pigment often used in ceremonies, applied to the center of the forehead. When offered in powdered form, it signifies a free and unfettered mind and represents the power to gain knowledge and wisdom, with the aspiration to subdue sentient beings in the three realms and surpass all worldly existence. 【Mustard Seeds】 Mustard seeds are considered a "wrathful substance," symbolizing the extermination of obstacles through wrathful practices. By offering white mustard seeds, one aspires to gain the perfect ability to subdue all demons and heretics. --------------------------------------------------------------------- By offering these to the guru, the Three Jewels, and the Three Roots, accumulate one's own merit, accomplish one's aspirations, and remove all obstacles on the spiritual path. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 【Product Materials】 S925 Silver | S990 Silver plated with 24K Gold 【Product Weight】 Eight Auspicious Symbols (Set) | Approx. 8g Seven Royal Jewels (Set) | Approx. 7g Eight Symbols of Good Fortune (Set) | Approx. 8g Wealth Ingots (Set) | Approx. 1.8g per piece 【Product Dimensions】 Eight Auspicious Symbols | Approx. 14.2*10.1mm Seven Royal Jewels | Approx. 13.7*8.9mm Eight Symbols of Good Fortune | Approx. 14.4*10.2mm Wealth Ingots | 14.2*10.1mm https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53027761107_7472cfbff2_c.jpg