Tibetan Singing Bowl 4 Inch — Bronze

Description

The Tibetan singing bowl is used in Himalayan Buddhist puja, seated meditation, and sound healing practice — struck or rimmed to produce a sustained tone marking the opening and close of a session. This bowl carries Om Mani Padme Hum, the six-syllable mantra of Avalokiteshvara, inscribed in Tibetan Uchen script around its outer wall. In Vajrayana Buddhist understanding, the vibrations produced when the bowl is played release the mantra as a live offering into the surrounding space.

Cast from bronze alloy and lathe-turned to a smooth profile, the outer body is finished in deep oxidised bronze — against which the Om Mani Padme Hum inscription is acid-etched in precise relief, gold lettering circling the full outer circumference in clean Uchen script. The interior base carries a dharma wheel mandala in relief, understood in Buddhist tradition as a cosmic map for internal spiritual practice. At 663 g and 10.16 cm across, this compact bronze bowl produces higher-pitched, clear tones with crisp sustain — energising and suited to focus-oriented practice and clearing enclosed spaces.

The bowl works on a meditation cushion, a puja shelf, or a home altar corner — a devotional marker even when still, the inscribed mantra carrying meaning whether the bowl is sounding or not. The hardwood mallet with red suede tip supports both striking for an immediate bell tone and rimming to draw a sustained harmonic. Each piece is sourced directly from artisan workshops in the Eastern Himalayan hills and dispatched from Kalimpong, West Bengal.