Handcrafted Ritual Tibetan Axe | Traditional Tibetan Tool for Protection and Blessings

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Handcrafted Ritual Tibetan Axe for Inner Strength About Our ProductThis Handcrafted Ritual Tibetan Axe is 39.5 cm in height and 24.5 cm in width, weighing 0.548 kg, and is made of copper with gorgeous electro gold and silver plating. Lapis lazuli, coral, and turquoise inlays enhance the item, representing protection, wisdom, and life, respectively. In Tibetan Buddhist rites, such an axe is significant because it represents the severance of ignorance and earthly ties, indicating that it is a tool for spiritual development. This item not only exemplifies traditional workmanship, but it also acts as a potent symbol on the practitioner's path to enlightenment.The Handcrafted Ritual Tibetan Axe has a particular iconography, with a half-vajra at the top representing unchanging spiritual strength and indestructibility. Below the vajra, one side of the axe has a keen blade, indicating the removal of ignorance, attachment, and delusion that impede one's road to enlightenment. A second half-vajra, opposite the blade, indicates balance, enhancing spiritual resilience and the ability to conquer both internal and external barriers. This ceremonial axe is a symbolic tool of change in Tibetan Buddhism, used in rituals to represent the practitioner's intention to break free from attachments and achieve a clear, awakened mind.Introduction to Ritual DaggerThe Kartika is a ceremonial Buddhist ritual tool shaped like a crescent knife or chopper, topped with a vajra that acts as a handle for the blade. It symbolizes the severance of all material and worldly bonds, while the vajra represents the destruction of ignorance, thus clearing the path to enlightenment.------------------------------------------Size: 39.5cm(Height) x 24.5cm(Width)Weight: 0.548 kgMaterial: Copper Body, Electro Gold Plating, Electro Silver Plating, Lapis Lazuli, Coral, Turquoise ------------------------------------------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 (statue, thangka, or a picture of Buddha) at the center Show more