The Practice of
making Tsa-Tsa is a form of
traditional Buddhist art that flourished for centuries in remote
Himalayan Buddhist kingdoms, most notably Tibet. They are votive
tablets traditionally made of clay and generally used as
offerings at shrines, but also given as gifts.
Like many Tibetan sacred objects, they are iconographic forms
representing various meditational deities and Buddhas. The
creation of holy objects such as Tsa-Tsa, statues, and stupas
is a practice said to result in great merit and positive energy
for the practitioner as well as the recipient.
They make wonderful additions to an
altar, mantelpiece or any other clean, respectful location.
This contemporary collection
of Tsa-Tsa are cast with bonded gypsum, sealed with enamel and gilded in the traditional way with pure
gold-leaf. Some are mounted on velvet and box-framed for hanging on a wall.
The appropriate prayers to ensure their power to transform an ordinary room or
one’s special place, and all who enter there, have been
performed.
Gilding these holy objects is done for only
one reason -- to benefit others and to inspire others to
practice and meditate.
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Green Tara
Green Tara, a Buddha in female aspect,
represents enlightened activity. She is seated on a lotus, her
right hand in a gesture (mudra) indicating her ability to help
all beings, her left hand in the mudra of refuge. With a warm,
loving gaze she looks upon each sentient being as a mother
regards her only child. She is seated with her left leg drawn in
to symbolize her renunciation of worldly attachments, and her
right leg is extended to come to the aid of those in need.
size 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm |
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Manjushri
Golden orange in color, Manjushri is the
embodiment of infinite wisdom. His double-edged sword cuts
through obscuring layers of misconception and ignorance; the
sutra text he holds (Prajnaparamita, or The Perfection of
Wisdom) on the stem of a lotus flower indicates his penetrating
insight. It
is said that the two most powerful ways of developing wisdom are
to study the profound sutras and to meditate upon Manjushri.
size 20 cm x 23.5 cm |
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The 35
Buddhas of Confession
The 35 Buddhas made special promises to help
practitioners purify negative imprints in their minds. The large
image at the top is that of Shakyamuni Buddha; the other 34
Buddhas of Confession are below him. At the bottom there are
also the 7 Medicine Buddhas.
size 28 cm x 37 cm |
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Tsa-tsa Buddha wall |
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Maitreya
Maitreya (Pali: Metteya) is the future Buddha of this world, a
Bodhisattva who will eventually appear on earth, achieve complete
enlightenment, and teach the pure Dharma. Maitreya Bodhisattva will be
the successor of the historic Buddha. He is predicted to be a
“world-ruler”, uniting those over whom he rules.
10 cm |
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49 Medicine Buddha Plaque
Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of
all enlightened beings. His left hand holds a bowl of healing
nectar, and in his right hand he holds the stem of a myrobalan
plant, an important herb used in Tibetan medicine.
16.5 cm x 19 cm |
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Medicine Buddha
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14 cm x 16 cm
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Dorje Drollo
Dorje Drollo is fully wrathful, wielding dorje and phurba,
and dancing on the back of a tigress. The eighth manifestation
of Padmasambhava, he's the ultimate and absolute aspect of crazy
wisdom. He takes the ironic aspect of the world with great
seriousness and he makes irresistible jokes on a vast scale. He
acts with crazy wisdom until the student's mind has nothing left
to hang on to.
7 cm x 9 cm |
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1000 Armed Chenrezig
Plaque with Stupas and Medicine Buddhas
15.25 cm x 18.5 cm |
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1000 Armed Chenrezig
Chenrezig (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) is the embodiment of
infinite compassion. White in color, Chenrezig seeks to dispel
the suffering of all beings. With his compassionate gaze,
Chenrezig looks upon beings in all realms of existence with the
wish that they be free of suffering. Chenrezig's mantra is: OM
MANI PADME HUM.
9 cm x 11 cm |
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Manjushri
Golden orange in color, Manjushri is the embodiment of
infinite wisdom. His double-edged sword cuts through obscuring
layers of misconception and ignorance; the sutra text he holds (Prajnaparamita,
or The Perfection of Wisdom) on the stem of a lotus flower
indicates his penetrating insight. The mantra for Manjushri is:
OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHI. It is said that the two most powerful
ways of developing wisdom are to study the profound sutras and
to meditate upon Manjushri.
6 cm x 7 cm |
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Other Tsa-tsa |
Green Tara |
White Tara |
Vajrasattva and consort |
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Mandarava
5.5 cm high |
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