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Torma Ornaments - Kargyen (Copper Alloy)
These individually handcrafted flower-ornaments are designed for use in food-torma offerings. Traditionally used by traveling lamas as portable replacements for the butter torma-ornaments made fresh for each occasion, these ornaments provide a practical and symbolic way for practitioners to create tormas for shrine offerings without needing to craft them from scratch.
Symbolism & Meaning
Flower-Ornaments – These ornaments symbolize the beauty and purity of offerings made with devotion, creating a connection to the practice of generosity and merit accumulation. They serve as reminders of the impermanence of life and the importance of dedication in spiritual practice.
Product Details
Size – Two round ornaments with two pins per set.
Material – Solid copper alloy with turquoise and red-dyed coral accents.
Handcrafted in Nepal – Made by skilled artisans using traditional techniques, ensuring high-quality craftsmanship.
Use – Ideal for food-torma offerings and as portable alternatives for those unable to create butter tormas.
How to Use
Food-Torma Offerings – Attach the ornaments to your food tormas as part of a ritual offering on your altar or shrine.
Portable and Practical – Use them during travel or when fresh butter ornaments are not possible to create, allowing for continued offerings.
Why Choose Copper Alloy Flower-Ornaments for Food-Torma Offerings
Portable and Convenient – Ideal for practitioners who wish to make offerings without the need to craft tormas from butter.
Traditional Craftsmanship – Handcrafted in Nepal with attention to detail and traditional practices.
Symbolic and Decorative – Beautifully designed, these ornaments add spiritual and aesthetic value to your practice.
These copper alloy flower-ornaments are a practical yet meaningful addition to your Vajrayana offerings, bringing beauty and devotion to your practice without the need for intricate preparation.
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Someone previously asked the meaning of Kargyen, I think it comes from the tibetan kargyen (དཀར་རྒྱན་, dkar rgyan) that translates like white ornaments. A torma is sort of the Himalayan version of a cake, it is made of ingredients that were precious in Tibet for the purposes of offering these during a Tibetan Buddhism offering to the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. These cakes have ornaments that resemble these metal ornaments.
So how are they use? Often, I use this torma ornaments when I set a table of offerings to recieve a very special teaching. I simply commission a cake and then this is the decorations that I used. To me it adds an extra layer of actually making an effort, in that sense it supports my attention during the receiving of empowerments.
What is the meaning of kargyen ?
Please someone with knowledge explain.