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Buddhist ritual implements (1 C, 35 P) Pages in category "Buddhist religious objects" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The bell is the most commonly used of all musical instruments in tantric Buddhist ritual. The sound made by the bells is regarded as very auspicious and is believed to drive out evil spirits from where the ritual is being performed. When the bell is being used with the vajra its use is varied depending on the ritual or the mantras being chanted.
Pages in category "Buddhist ritual implements" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Azusa Yumi; B.
Five esoteric Buddhist ritual objects from Japan, including vajras, knife and bell. A viśvavajra or "double vajra" appears in the emblem of Bhutan. Mantric Buddhism (Guhyamantra, "Secret Mantra") or Vajrayana has numerous esoteric symbols which are not common in other forms of Buddhism. The vajra is a key symbol in Vajrayana Buddhism.
The mandala in Nichiren Buddhism is a moji-mandala (文字曼陀羅), which is a paper hanging scroll or wooden tablet whose inscription consists of Chinese characters and medieval-Sanskrit script representing elements of the Buddha's enlightenment, protective Buddhist deities, and certain Buddhist concepts.
The phurba (Tibetan: ཕུར་པ or ཕུར་བ, Wylie: phur pa or phur ba; alternate transliterations: phurpa, phurbu, purbha, or phurpu) [needs IPA] or kīla (Sanskrit Devanagari: कील; IAST: kīla) is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail-like ritual implement deeply rooted in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Bön traditions.
Prayer wheels in Mussoorie, India Prayer wheels at the Datsan Gunzechoinei Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg, Russia Pilgrim with prayer wheel, Tsurphu Monastery, 1993. A prayer wheel, or mani wheel, is a cylindrical wheel (Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ།, Wylie: ' khor lo, Oirat: кюрдэ) for Buddhist recitation.
Bonshō are sited in Buddhist temples, usually in a specially designated building or tower called a shōrō (鐘楼). They are used to mark the passage of time, [13] and to call the monks to liturgical services. [14] In Buddhism, the bell's sound is considered to be calming and to induce a suitable atmosphere for meditation. [15]