Buddhist Altar Offering Butter Lamp | Offerings for Meditation & Rituals

Tibetan Ritual Butter Lamp | Sacred Altar Decor for Meditation and Prayer

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Size: 14cm(Height) x 10.5cm(Diameter)
Base: 7cm
Inner Depth: 4.5cm
Total Weight: 0.34kg
Materials: Copper, Brass
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About Our Product

This Buddhist Altar Offering Butter Lamp is handcrafted from copper with brass accents, forming a traditional offering lamp suitable for Buddhist meditation, prayer, and ceremonial use. The lamp features a tiered base and a wide, polished bowl with engraved patterns, reflecting skilled craftsmanship and traditional Himalayan design. Its proportions, including the 10.5 cm diameter bowl and 14 cm height, make it ideal for stable placement on a personal shrine or temple altar.

Butter lamps symbolize the offering of light, representing the dispelling of ignorance and the illumination of wisdom. The combination of copper and brass adds a warm, reflective glow while maintaining a ceremonial elegance. The engraved floral motifs enhance the visual appeal and add a spiritual dimension to the piece, making it both decorative and meaningful in ritual contexts.

This sacred offering lamp can be used individually or alongside other altar items during puja, mantra recitation, or meditation practice. Lighting the lamp creates a serene atmosphere, fostering focus, devotion, and spiritual merit. Its handcrafted design and symbolic importance make it a perfect addition to any Tibetan Buddhist altar or spiritual space.

Introduction To The Butter Lamp :

The whole process of offering a butter lamp is also a very spiritual practice. The traditional practice of preparing a butter lamp starts by washing one’s hand, 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 was commonly used in old times. The whole process is a meditative spiritual practice, which engages a person both physically and mentally, if the person knows and practices it according to the norms.

Consecration
At the EvamRatna, the consecration procedure entails a precisely planned set of rituals and ceremonies. As requested for consecration/ blessing, we take the items to respective Monasteries.

Please Note: Once consecrated, the item becomes a sacred object and cannot be returned or refunded.