Footed Offering Bowl Set: Eight Auspicious Symbols and Substances, Lotus Petals Design, Fine Quality Pure Brass for Water Offerings

This fine quality pure brass offering bowl is intricately carved with motifs of the eight auspicious symbols and eight auspicious substances on lotus petals, making it an excellent choice for offerings in a shrine or altar. This versatile bowl can be used to present food, fruit, or other items individually or as a set.

In Tibetan tradition, these offering bowls are typically used in sets of seven, serving two main purposes:

1. Water Offering: Seven bowls represent the seven branches of offering, a common practice in Buddhism.

2. Seven or Eight Offerings: Originating from Indian tradition, these offerings include water for drinking, water for bathing, flowers, incense, light, perfume, and food. Some traditions add music, making it eight offerings.

The eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism include the endless knot, victory banner, wheel of dharma, parasol, golden fish, treasure vase, lotus flower, and conch shell. These symbols symbolize the offerings made by the gods to Shakyamuni Buddha immediately after his enlightenment.

The eight auspicious substances hold great auspicious significance as they commemorate specific occasions related to the arising of Dharma in this world, its teaching, increase, and demonstration of power and benefit. They include the right-coiling conch shell, yogurt, durva grass, vermilion, bilva fruit, mirror, giwang, and white mustard seed.

*https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Seven_branches

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Diameter: 7.5 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
Weight: 155 g 

*Please note that due to variations in manufacturing processes and photography, the measurements, weight, and color of this product may slightly differ from what is displayed on our website.