GHAU

The ghau is a kind of portable altar in which the image of the possessor's chosen deity is kept, wrapped in silken garments. The vast majority of Tibetans use ghau at home and carry it on their travels. They keep it on a real altar at home. When traveling, it is attached to the back belt. It serves as a protective symbol during travels and also allows its owner to prove his devotion to his deity.

Piece entirely handmade and artisanal.

Ghau dimension: 53.5/ 30.2/ 10.3mm

925 silver, Gold, Copper,

Turquoise from Hubei province. Agate called nan hong (southern red), baoshan deposit in Yunnan province. Exclusively Chinese mineral, this agate called nan hong (southern red) gets its very particular color from its link with the cinnabar on the deposits. Places of deposits (volcanic) Yunnan region baoshan site, Sichuan Liangshan site for the two unique deposits

Entirely natural stones, As a gemologist graduated from the National Institute of Gemmology in Paris, all our stones are appraised and certified.

Rotating Buddhist wheel of life. On the back is designed a rotating Buddhist wheel of life thanks to a German high-precision ball bearing, as shown in this generalist video concerning this entire collection

Genuine traditional Tangka Regong The tangka is painted at the temple of Longwu, also called Wutun.

Tibetan lamasery located in the Tibetan prefecture of Rebkong, province of Amdo, called Huangnan in the province of Qinghai in China and is 186 km from Xining.

Renowned center of Tibetan thangka painting. The Regong arts were inscribed in 2009 on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The colors of this tangka are made of pure gold and crushed minerals.

The protective windows are made of leuco sapphire like high-end watches.

Sold with an adjustable cord, 925 silver extension adaptable to all sizes.

GREEN TARA

Tara "the liberator", "the savior" and "the star" is the main deity of compassion in Mahayana and Vajrayana.

Grouped in the 10 Mahāvidyā, goddesses grouped under the name of Great Wisdom in Hinduism, she gained importance in Indian Buddhism from the 6th century, then in Java, Cambodia and finally in Tibet from the 8th century. century and especially in the 11th century with the arrival of Atisa.

She was first taken for an emanation of Avalokitesvara (Guan Yin), the Bodhisattva of great compassion, born of a lotus growing in a tear of the latter. She was then put in the same shape as Prajnaparamita and will see just as she will be awarded the title of "mother of all victors", popularized above all as "the savior" "the one who takes you across to the other side".

Considered as "the one who saves from the eight great fears", she is also the universal mother of all beings, protecting animals and plants and reigning over the three worlds the lower world, the earth and the heavens.

In the Vajrayana Tara is also a deity of choice (Yi Dam), capable of leading the practitioner to the perfect Awakening that she embodies.

In the tantric movement, she reveals herself to be a perfect Buddha in feminine form. Tara was introduced to Tibet by the Nepalese princess Tristün, wife of King Songtsen Gampo (569-650) bringing with her a sandalwood statue of the goddess.

The green tara is the main form from which all the others would come.

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