Silver-Plated Water Offering Bowls for Buddhist Rituals
About our offering bowl:
The Silver-Plated Water Offering Bowls are gracefully designed from copper and finished with a smooth electro silver plating, combining durability and beauty. Each bowl is 5 cm high, 6 cm wide, with a diameter of 10 cm and an inner depth of 4.7 cm. Weighing 0.63 kg each and 4.41 kg in total, this set combines substance and elegance, making it ideal for ritual use in homes or temples.
These offering bowls have a profound meaning in Buddhist practice, representing purity, charity, and devotion. Traditionally filled with water, they symbolize clarity of intent and an invitation to divine favors. Their circular design symbolizes the circle of life and the flow of karma, and the silky silver plating adds to their holy appeal. These bowls, arranged in groupings of seven or eight, represent offerings to enlightened beings, encouraging mindfulness and cultivating merits. They are a daily reminder of compassion, detachment, and the value of generosity on the spiritual path.
Introduction to Offering Bowl
The traditional set of offerings, commonly represented by bowls of water, derives from the customary offerings presented to an honored guest in ancient India. The first bowl contains clear water for the newly arrived guests to drink. In the second bowl is water for the guest to wash his or her feet. In the third bowl are flowers, reminiscent of the crowns of flowers offered to women and the garlands offered to men. In the fourth bowl is incense, an offering to please the sense of smell. The fifth offering, pleasing to the sight, is bright light commonly in the form of a lamp, which like the sun, the moon illuminates the darkness. The sixth offering consists of a bowl of scented water. Seventh is an offering of food, commonly in the form of a torma or ritual cake. Eighth is an offering of sound. It is not represented on the altar, but can simply be imagined as beautiful music.
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Size: 5 cm(Height) x 6 cm(Width)
Diameter: 10 cm
Inner Depth: 4.7 cm
Single Weight: 0.63 kg
Total Weight: 4.41 kg
Material: Copper Body, Electro Silver Plated
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How to set up your own Buddhist Shrine?
Find a clean, quiet, and uncluttered spot
Set up an altar table, and cover it with an altar cloth that calls to you
Place your sacred item at the center
