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Importance of Buddhist Ritual Items: Buddhism emerged in northern India during the late 6th and early 4th centuries BCE, during a period of rapid s...

Significance of The Seven Water Bowl Offering There are plenty of ways to show gratitude and devotion both in shrine rooms and during the sacred pr...

The Five Buddhas Symbol A double row of pendants has the colors blue and green on the upper row, and yellow and red on the lower row. Th...

Groupings of the Auspicious Symbols Some drawings depict the three main groups of auspicious symbols and offerings. They appear in Tibetan Buddhist...

Tantra in Nepal Nepal has historically remained a major and vital center and the entrepôt for the transmission of Tantric Buddhism into Tibet Ta...

The Dharmapalas Regarded as important as the enlightenment aspect of Tibetan religious life, and the Dharmapalas play a significant role in...

Mudras are powerful hand gestures with strong religious ties in Buddhism and Hinduism. They are used in meditation and yoga in varying styles.

The Flaying Knives Significant attributes of wrathful deities As one of the quintessential attributes of the wrathful Tantric deities, the kartrik...