Dragon Tingsha Bells (Small)

Description

Dragon Tingsha Bells — Small

These Tingsha bells are decorated with Chinese dragons, symbolising prosperity and fertility.

Tingshas (ding-shas, cymbals) are used as musical offerings in spiritual practices and during meditation practice at regular intervals to maintain concentration. “Musical offerings” are common during pujas (praying rituals) when several instruments are used: bells, drums, cymbals, and horns. Musical offerings are indeed standard in many Tibetan Buddhist and Hindi rituals. Today they are used by these and laypeople alike. They are used with Feng Shui, meditation, cleansing, healing, and alignment.

Strike the hand cymbals together, and a beautiful, clear, high note will rise from them, clearing the air and creating an extraordinary stillness. The scintillating tone of the tingsha instantly strikes a resonance within the human heart. Their purpose is to summon; they call us to awareness, to remember who we are, and to recognize our priorities in this often turbulent and illusive world. When they are suspended horizontally and struck together, a delightful, oscillating wave of sound seems to pass between them as they reverberate at a high frequency, creating an impressive symphony of evocative sounds.

Tingshas are used in Feng Shui to clear the energy present in a room and “open” it by sounding the tingshas in the four corners of a room. They are a great way to clear energy when, for example, smudging is not possible or appropriate. By healing or balancing auric fields, cymbals are also used to define the beginning and the end of a period of meditation.

• Dimensions: Bell Diameter 6cm