SPECIFICATION
- Item Type: Pendant (chain not included)
- Size: ~50mm*40mm*6mm
- Material: Mineral Pigments, Silver/Gold-Plated Copper Gau
- Style: Traditional Tibetan deity figurine
- Meaning: Enhance financial luck
- Place of Origin: Tibet
- Packaging: Individually packed
- The Package Includes: Leather-Cased Five Forms of Manjushri Tsha-Tsha Buddha*1+ Handmade Chain*1
DESCRIPTION
Purchase Notice:
Unlike other works, the process of Tsha-Tsha Buddha is relatively complex, requiring professional Tibetan artists to carefully draw with pigments and then mount it. Therefore, the production cycle is about 15 days. Please understand. Payment represents your agreement to this notice.
In Tibetan culture, wearing a Yellow Jambhala tsha-tsha gau (Tibetan: "gau" refers to a protective amulet or reliquary box) integrates religious devotion, artistic expression, and worldly aspirations, embodying profound symbolic meanings and benefits:
The Yellow Jambhala is the foremost among the Five Colored Jambhalas in Tibetan Buddhism, symbolizing "wealth arising from merit." His iconic form holds deep symbolism:
His right hand holds a mani jewel (symbolizing wisdom and completeness). His left hand cradles a wealth-spitting mouse (symbolizing the endless flow of wealth). His right foot tramples a conch shell (symbolizing the supernatural power to retrieve treasures from the ocean).
This imagery teaches that wealth must be rooted in wisdom and virtuous deeds. Practitioners visualize the Yellow Jambhala not only to seek material abundance but also to pursue spiritual fulfillment of merit.
The Yellow Jambhala practice emphasizes "entering the Dharma path through wealth," using cultivation to transcend greed for wealth and fear of poverty. As a miniature representation of the deity, the tsha-tsha allows wearers to visualize its form anytime, reminding them to approach wealth with a pure mind.
Tsha-tshas themselves are regarded as sacred objects for dispelling disasters and invoking blessings, while the gau, as a protective container, combined with the Yellow Jambhala’s blessings, is believed to repel negative forces and purify karmic obstacles. In Tibetan tradition, tsha-tshas are often placed in mani stone mounds or stupas, while the gau is carried on the person, symbolizing a "walking field of merit."
The process of crafting tsha-tshas is considered a meritorious practice of accumulating virtue. Wearing the Yellow Jambhala tsha-tsha gau is also seen as continuing this virtuous cycle, seeking both present stability and future rebirth blessings.
The Yellow Jambhala is revered as the "patron deity of commerce." Wearing his tsha-tsha gau symbolizes the wish for commercial success—wealth flowing like springs, honest transactions, and abundant profits. Historically, Tibetan merchants often wore these amulets at their waists, blending protection and prosperity rituals.
Wearing the Yellow Jambhala tsha-tsha gau is a typical example of "sacred-secular integration" in Tibetan culture. Its core value lies in: using material carriers to awaken inner devotion, taking wealth pursuit as a surface form, and ultimately leading to the fulfillment of merit and wisdom. As the Tibetan proverb states: "Wealth is like flowing water; the mind is like an unshakable rock." The ultimate significance of the Yellow Jambhala faith lies in guiding all sentient beings to achieve true abundance through balancing material and spiritual aspirations. Wearing the tsha-tsha gau generates psychological suggestion, subtly influencing one’s decision-making patterns, enhancing confidence and action, and aiding in the realization of wealth goals.
