Serkyem - Hand-hammered - Solid copper - Art of Nepal
Copper Serkyem fully handcrafted. You can visually assess the quality of the serkyem engraving as well as its solidity...
Description
Copper Serkyem fully handcrafted. The Serkyem is used commonly used in making offerings to Dharma protectors such as Mahakala. It is a set that comprises two pieces: a larger bowl and a taller finer raised offering bowl.
You can visually assess the quality of the serkyem engraving as well as its solidity. These serkyem are examples of high quality ritual instruments crafted in Nepal in the purest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism rituals. All ritual objects of "Monastery Quality" that the-dharma-store.com propose are made by the best craftsmen from Nepal and have been carefully selected by an experienced master in Buddhist rituals. This quality of items is not made for "home" usage but to be used extensively in daily ritual practices of a Dharma centre and can easily face dozens of years of intensive use. All serkyems are used to make ritual offerings to the Dharma protectors and guardians. Literally serkyem means "golden drink". Often serkyems are filled with black tea and various grains such as barley, rice or wheat. Other offers may include fruits, biscuits, bread and alcohol.
Data sheet
Data sheet
- Height
- 19
Diam. 17cm approx (grand bol) - Weight
- 770
- Matter
- Copper
- Colour
- Copper
- Illustration
- Monastery Quality
- Origin
- Katmandou region, Nepal
Tips for ritual objects
A ritual object, like any instrument of religious practice, must be respected with circumspection. We remind you here some ethical rules:
- Ritual objects are objects of practice that have the power to protect us and help us on the path to liberation. They should therefore be treated with respect, that is, kept away from the ground and places where people sit or walk or dirty places.
- Outside ritual moments, objects should be protected by an appropriate holster for rest and / or transport and not mixed with, for example, dirty or soiled equipment / objects.
- Ritual objects are not decorative objects. To acquire a ritual object, underlies that one wishes to use it for its practice and one must therefore devote a privileged place where it will remain outside the moments of practices.
- If you no longer want to keep your ritual object, do not throw it away! Please contact the nearest Buddhist Center and make a donation. In doing so, this object will give you merit until the end of your relationship.
This is a few non-exhaustive rules of Buddhist ethics that you are free to respect or not.
Warning
All our objects are handmade. Each piece is unique and it is impossible to reproduce exactly the same. Slight differences may therefore appear in the shapes, proportions, colors and / or materials used in our descriptions and specification sheets.
The silver (metal) used in Nepal is always composed of an amalgam and is most often plated on metal parts. Most of the stores that sell 925 sterling silver products from Nepal are fraudulent!
Likewise, some stones considered semi-precious from Nepal or India are actually stones reconstituted from powder of semi-precious stones, such as turquoise or coral. Nevertheless, they seem to retain the properties of the original stones. In the case where reconstituted stones are used, we always specify it in the specifcation sheeet.
The items represented by this symbol are labeled "Monastery Quality" and are considered to be of superior quality in their category.
The items represented by this symbol are labeled "Best Value for Money" and are considered items that should not be lost.
Items represented by this symbol are labeled 'Gift Idea' and are considered ideal items to offer or to be offered!
Items represented by this symbol are labeled 'Exceptional Rare Item' and are considered items of great artistic value or antique objects.