Beautiful Mandala set with amazing detail work. Hand crafted in Nepal from Copper with electric gold plate by an experienced artist. Mandala offering is a preliminary practice for accumulating merit, in which one symbolically offers the entire universe to the field of Merit. Mandala offering set for offering in shrine or for accumulation of the Ngondro practice. The word Mandala can be broken into two parts: maṇḍa means the 'essence' or 'centre and circumference' and la means 'taking hold of'. Therefore we can say that mandala means to take hold of the basis or essence for accomplishing all the glorious qualities of the higher realms and the kingdom of Dharma, the sacred truths of cessation and the path. Mandala set Comes with six sets: Base, Large ring, Medium ring, Small ring, Jewel and Stand. Base: 4" X 1.4" tall Large Ring: 3.3" X 1.3" Medium Ring: 2.75" X 1.2" Small Ring: 2.1" X 1" Jewel: 3.3" tall Stand is: 4.5" wide
