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Along with our handmade Tibetan paper and paper products, we also offer a small range of other traditional Tibetan products. A small selection is shown here, please e-mail us for a full list
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Tibetan Natural Incense
Size: 14cm long, 20 sticks in a roll
Nag Champa (navy color )
This Tibetan style incense is prepared from the champa flower; villagers living in remote Himalayan regions of Nepal hand gather the herbs and add a touch of honey for sweetness of scent. This incense is made in Nepal.
Juniper (green color)
This Tibetan style incense is prepared from juniper, a traditional herb used in offerings; a special blend of juniper mixed with other Himalayan herbs and add a touch of honey for sweetness of scent. This incense is made in Nepal.
Windhorse (red color)
This Tibetan style incense is prepared from sandalwood, zimbu, spine nard and mountain laurel and adds a touch of honey for sweetness of scent. This incense is made in Nepal.
Purification (white color)
This Tibetan style incense is prepared from white sandalwood, Nepali cardamom, clove, cinnamon and valerian. This woody autumnal incense is used for cleaning and purification. This incense is made in Nepal.
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Tibetan Wooden Masks
These Nepalese "masks" are wooden hangings meant to be placed on walls, especially above or beside doors and windows, to invoke the aid of popular Hindu deities. In the style typical of Tibetan and Nepalese tantric hagiography, they are all wearing elaborate pointed crowns and displaying their open third eyes.
Buddha Mask
Mahakala Mask
Ganesh Mask
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Pashmina Shawls and Stoles
Pashmina is the most luxurious, softest, warmest and lightest natural fibre in the world, and comes from the Capra-Hircus goat. The same goat where cashmere comes from. The difference is that pashmina only comes from goats resident above about 15,000 feet, and it only comes from the one part of the neck. The higher the goats live, the finer their hair. Genuine pashmina fibres are always less than 14.5 microns in diameter, or about 1/6th the size of human hair.
The pashmina fiber is hand-woven by skilled Nepali craftsmen into wonderful shawls. Each shawls takes many man hours to complete. From the combing of the goat to collect the fur, through hand weaving, dying and finishing. Therefore every shawl is unique. Other places may sell machine made shawls, but the weave can never be as strong as with a hand made shawl.
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Tibetan Singing Bowls
A singing bowl, also known as a Himalayan bowl is a musical instrument used in Buddhist meditation, dating back many centuries. They are traditionally played in Tibet, Nepal, India and Japan, mostly by Buddhist monks and monasteries.
The instrument is made of metal, often including precious metals as silver and gold. Many other metals, including copper, tin, zinc, lead, iron, and nickel also feature in many bowls’ metallic makeup. Generally, singing bowls can be made of many different metals.
Singing bowls are played by hitting, striking, or slowly rubbing/stirring a wooden striker/mallet within or on the top outer surface of the bowl. When done correctly, the bowl will produce a continuous harmonic sound, said to be relaxing for the chakra. Currently, these bowls are used for meditation, yoga, healing, sound massage, sound therapy, and chakra balancing.
4" Singing Bowl
5" Singing Bowl
7" Singing Bowl
Hear one of our singing bowls being rubbed (MP3).
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Windhorse Prayer Flag
The sutra printed on this Banner of Victory was imparted to Indra, King of the Gods, by the Buddha Sakyamuni. Facing defeat by the Asuras, Indra was instructed to repeat this sutra in order to achieve victory over all obstacles and enemies.
This exquisitely drawn traditional Tibetan prayer flag portrays the "Four Dignities" in the corners. On the left side are the eight auspicious symbols and down the right side are the eight precious possessions of a Monarch (minister, queen, wish fulfilling jewel, vase, horse, and general, golden wheel elephant). At the bottom of the banner is the Wind Horse of good fortune among the five sensuous offerings. At the top center sits Sakyamuni Buddha in subduing pose surrounded by the eight glorious offerings.
The composite creatures depicted in the center of the banner symbolize peace and harmony in the union of Opposites. Above them flies the glorious Banner of Victory.
Close up of flag design |
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