LARGE BRONZE OFFERING THINGY
LARGE BRONZE OFFERING THINGY
WHAT IS THIS PLEASE?
A goblet or vase atop a bowl atop a plate. Clearly for offerings or ritual celebrations of some kind. It is huge (and a bit wonky) at 18 inches high and 16 across. It is like a very Serkyem and reminds me of stacking up offerings for Tsog/Ganapuja.
A goblet or vase atop a bowl atop a plate. Clearly for offerings or ritual celebrations of some kind. It is huge (and a bit wonky) at 18 inches high and 16 across. It is like a very Serkyem and reminds me of stacking up offerings for Tsog/Ganapuja.
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Re: LARGE BRONZE OFFERING THINGY
Where is you find this? It is clearly not Tibetan.Mantrik wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:42 pm WHAT IS THIS PLEASE?
A goblet or vase atop a bowl atop a plate. Clearly for offerings or ritual celebrations of some kind. It is huge (and a bit wonky) at 18 inches high and 16 across. It is like a very Serkyem and reminds me of stacking up offerings for Tsog/Ganapuja.
Re: LARGE BRONZE OFFERING THINGY
It was from a local flea market. I think it is possibly Islamic or used for a form of Hindu practice.Malcolm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:06 pmWhere is you find this? It is clearly not Tibetan.Mantrik wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:42 pm WHAT IS THIS PLEASE?
A goblet or vase atop a bowl atop a plate. Clearly for offerings or ritual celebrations of some kind. It is huge (and a bit wonky) at 18 inches high and 16 across. It is like a very Serkyem and reminds me of stacking up offerings for Tsog/Ganapuja.
The seller didn't know - he bought it in Thailand.
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Om Thathpurushaya Vidhmahe
Suvarna Pakshaya Dheemahe
Thanno Garuda Prachodayath
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Solved. It is a Persian Qajar Candle Holder. The Middle part is upside down.
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Re: LARGE BRONZE OFFERING THINGY
Wow...how cool ! I thought it looked Persian...
Look at this for $5,000 :
http://armsandantiques.com/fine-19th-c- ... icks-ii486
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But wouldn't that be a pity, spending $5k on a couple of candle-holders? When you could just add $1k more and become recognized as a living female budha?Kunga Lhadzom wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:07 pm
Wow...how cool ! I thought it looked Persian...
Look at this for $5,000 :
http://armsandantiques.com/fine-19th-c- ... icks-ii486
https://www.generosity.com/faith-religi ... ter-buddha
Sorry, KL, couldn't resist...
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I thought it was an ancient chocolate fountain.
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Well, it's an idea which may yet come to fruition! lol
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Cost me £60. Late birthday present to myself. Fantastic little market in Bath - you never know what will turn up. The same guy is also selling North Vietnamese textiles.Kunga Lhadzom wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:07 pm
Wow...how cool ! I thought it looked Persian...
Look at this for $5,000 :
http://armsandantiques.com/fine-19th-c- ... icks-ii486
http://www.khyung.com ཁྲོཾ
Om Thathpurushaya Vidhmahe
Suvarna Pakshaya Dheemahe
Thanno Garuda Prachodayath
Micchāmi Dukkaḍaṃ (मिच्छामि दुक्कडम्)
Om Thathpurushaya Vidhmahe
Suvarna Pakshaya Dheemahe
Thanno Garuda Prachodayath
Micchāmi Dukkaḍaṃ (मिच्छामि दुक्कडम्)
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The saddest part is that 52 idiots gave their hard earned cash...cyril wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:32 pmBut wouldn't that be a pity, spending $5k on a couple of candle-holders? When you could just add $1k more and become recognized as a living female budha?
https://www.generosity.com/faith-religi ... ter-buddha
Sorry, KL, couldn't resist...
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My teacher always gave money to the people on the streets....you know, the ones holding up cardboard signs, asking for donations....i told him they'll just spend it on alcohol...he said something to the effect : It's their happiness....
Also don't you create good merits for yourself by giving to others...from your heart...even though you don't know exactly what they will be doing with the money you give. It's the giving from your heart that counts as merit. Maybe that's one way the Bodhisattva's disguise themselves....as vagabonds, or scam artists...to see how much heart you really have....
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A good intention, money given, drugs taken and death results. That's a rubbish approach to karma.Kunga Lhadzom wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 6:43 pmMy teacher always gave money to the people on the streets....you know, the ones holding up cardboard signs, asking for donations....i told him they'll just spend it on alcohol...he said something to the effect : It's their happiness....
Also don't you create good merits for yourself by giving to others...from your heart...even though you don't know exactly what they will be doing with the money you give. It's the giving from your heart that counts as merit. Maybe that's one way the Bodhisattva's disguise themselves....as vagabonds, or scam artists...to see how much heart you really have....
You give food, clothes, a voucher for the night shelter, feed their dog etc. You never ever give money.
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Suvarna Pakshaya Dheemahe
Thanno Garuda Prachodayath
Micchāmi Dukkaḍaṃ (मिच्छामि दुक्कडम्)
Om Thathpurushaya Vidhmahe
Suvarna Pakshaya Dheemahe
Thanno Garuda Prachodayath
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Well I sincerely hope they use the money to further their Dharma training and practice.Kunga Lhadzom wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 6:43 pmMy teacher always gave money to the people on the streets....you know, the ones holding up cardboard signs, asking for donations....i told him they'll just spend it on alcohol...he said something to the effect : It's their happiness....
Also don't you create good merits for yourself by giving to others...from your heart...even though you don't know exactly what they will be doing with the money you give. It's the giving from your heart that counts as merit. Maybe that's one way the Bodhisattva's disguise themselves....as vagabonds, or scam artists...to see how much heart you really have....
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde