Materials:
Coral
Turquoise
Gold-plated copper
Himalayan crystal
Iron

Dimensions & Weight:
Height: 9 inches
Weight: 450 grams

Shipping Origin: Kathmandu, Nepal

Description:

This elegant, gold-plated and jeweled vajra-handled bell is inset with turquoise, coral, and crystal. The bell’s clapper is iron.
Both the bell and vajra contain endless symbolism. The bell is wisdom and emptiness. Sound, as a metaphor for wisdom, suggests emptiness; in ancient belief, the relative universe arose from a sound. The vajra represents means, compassion, and the destruction of ignorance. Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond, and it is used as a ritual object to symbolize both the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). In Mahayana Buddhism, both wisdom and compassion – together – are the path to Enlightenment.