GHAU
The ghau is a kind of portable altar in which the image of the possessor's chosen deity is kept, wrapped in silken garments. The vast majority of Tibetans use ghau at home and carry it on their travels. They keep it on a real altar at home. When traveling, it is attached to the back belt. It serves as a protective symbol during travels and also allows its owner to prove his devotion to his deity.
Piece entirely handmade and artisanal.
Ghau dimension: 53.5/ 30.2/ 10.3mm
925 silver, Gold, Copper,
Turquoise from Hubei province. Agate called nan hong (southern red), baoshan deposit in Yunnan province. Exclusively Chinese mineral, this agate called nan hong (southern red) gets its very particular color from its link with the cinnabar on the deposits. Places of deposits (volcanic) Yunnan region baoshan site, Sichuan Liangshan site for the two unique deposits
Entirely natural stones, As a gemologist graduated from the National Institute of Gemmology in Paris, all our stones are appraised and certified.
Rotating Buddhist wheel of life. On the back is designed a rotating Buddhist wheel of life thanks to a German high-precision ball bearing, as shown in this generalist video concerning this entire collection
Genuine traditional Tangka Regong The tangka is painted at the temple of Longwu, also called Wutun.
Tibetan lamasery located in the Tibetan prefecture of Rebkong, province of Amdo, called Huangnan in the province of Qinghai in China and is 186 km from Xining.
Renowned center of Tibetan thangka painting. The Regong arts were inscribed in 2009 on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The colors of this tangka are made of pure gold and crushed minerals.
The protective windows are made of leuco sapphire like high-end watches.
Sold with an adjustable cord, 925 silver extension adaptable to all sizes.
MANJUSHRI
Manjushrî was a disciple of Shakyamuni of whom he is, with Samantabhadra, one of the acolytes in the groups of images called in Japan Shaka Sanzon, "the three venerable ones of Shakyamuni".
It is "He whose beauty is charming", the Bodhisattva "of marvelous virtue and sweet majesty". Important in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhism.
He is invoked for, among other things, success in studies. It represents wisdom, intelligence and the power of the spirit. “Her worship confers Divine Wisdom, Dharma mastery, faithful memory, mental perfection, eloquence. He would have indefinitely delayed his accession to the state of Buddha, moved by an infinite compassion which pushed him to remain in this world until there was not a single being left to bring on the path of enlightenment. supreme.
He is the protector of people born under the sign of the hare/rabbit.
The two main emblems of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, are the flaming sword and the sutra of perfection, in his left hand, close to the heart. illusions, revealing the empty nature of everything. The sword represents above all wisdom, the discernment that tears the veils of ignorance. Manjushrî would have been the initiator and master of the Buddhas of past ages.
It should also be that of the Buddha of the future, Maitreya. “Manjushrî is the father and mother of the Bodhisattvas, and he is their spiritual friend.” The Buddha Himself describes Manjushrî and praises him in the Manjushrîparinirvana-sutra. This Bodhisattva was therefore very often represented, both in India and in Tibet, in China and in Japan, as well as in Nepal, of which he was, according to tradition, the founder from China.
His images appear only late in Central Asia and on some Chinese steles, associated with Vimalakîrti (Jap. Yuima Koji) in the 6th century. According to Nepalese legend, Majushri opened up the Kathmandu valley by cutting, with a stroke of his flaming sword, a breach in the mountains encircling the valley. The lake occupying the latter could thus be emptied through the chobar gorges, which bear the mark of this blow.
The best known Mañjuśrī Mantra is Om Ah Ra Pa Tcha Na Dhih, The seed syllables Dhih and Mum are associated with Manjushri. To have a good memory or to develop one's intelligence one often addresses oneself to the bodhisattva of great wisdom, and the recitation of the mantra is very practiced in China.
Long version: Namah samanta buddhānām. He he Kumāraka vimukti pathasthita smara smara pratijñā svāhā.
His cult in China developed from the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420 — 589) on Mount Wutai (五台山 / 五臺山, wǔtaishān, "Mountain of Five Terraces"). Wutai Shan is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains in China. It culminates at 3,058 m per ft, peak Yedu. It is located on the territory of the city-prefecture of Xinzhou, in the province of Shanxi, just a few dozen kilometers south of one of the five sacred mountains of China: Mount Heng and less than 300 km from Beijing. . It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on June 26, 2009.
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