About the product:

→ Tibetan Cymbal - Tingsha or Ding-Sha's

🌍 Origin: Nepal - Tibet - Bhutan - China

📐 Dimensions/ ⚖️ Weight:

• Reference 19134 = 6 centimeters - +/- 212 grams
• Reference 19135 = 6.7 centimeters = +/- 261 grams
• Reference 19136 = 7.2 centimeters = +/- 314 grams

🧬 Materials: Copper + Bronze

📦 Packaging: Per pair

🎁 Ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

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🎶 An Asian percussion instrument often used by dancers including belly dancers.

They are small without any specific tone.

They are usually attached to the thumb and middle finger of one or both hands and struck together in a specific rhythm that usually accompanies other instruments.

These cymbals are an excellent instrument for developing a sense of rhythm, and/or improving it in children and adults. They are mainly used in sets of 2 at a time, one for each hand.

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The Mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” , one of the most famous in Tibetan Buddhism.

🔹 Meaning of the mantra

• Om : universal vibration, the source of everything.
• Mani : the jewel (symbol of compassion).
• Padme : the lotus (symbol of wisdom and purity).
• Hum : the awakened mind, the union of wisdom and compassion.

👉 As a whole, “Om Mani Padme Hum” can be translated as:
“The jewel is in the lotus,” a metaphor for spiritual awakening: in the midst of suffering (lotus mud), wisdom and compassion can blossom.

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🔹 Origin

• Mantra associated with Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara) , bodhisattva of infinite compassion.
• Inscribed for centuries on stones, prayer wheels, Tibetan flags.
• Recited by practitioners to develop universal love and compassion .

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🔹 Benefits

• Calms the mind and promotes concentration in meditation.
• Develop compassion for yourself and others .
• Purifies karma and harmonizes energy.
• Elevated to the rank of mantra of healing and inner peace .

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🔹 Practical

• Traditionally recited 108 times with a mala.
• Can be sung aloud (mantra chanting), whispered or simply repeated mentally.
• Often associated with meditation on universal compassion .

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📋 Fact sheet:

Property	Details

Name	Tingsha (ཏིང་ཤ་) – Tibetan cymbals

Nature

Buddhist ritual and musical object

Composition

Traditional alloy of metals (bronze, copper, brass, sometimes silver)

Appearance

Two small cymbals connected by a rope or leather strap

Origin / Use

Tibet, Nepal, India; used in Buddhism and shamanic rituals

Sound

Clear, crystalline and prolonged sound, considered to be purifying

Virtues / Symbolism

- Purification of negative energies 🔔 - Promotes meditation and concentration - Energy harmonization tool

Spiritual Use

- Opening/closing rituals - Support for meditation and yoga - Energy cleaning of places and stones

Purification

Not intended as a stone, but used to purify

Recharging

Not applicable (ritual object)

Value

Varies depending on age, alloy, size and ornamentation

Short story / Anecdote

Tingsha are often decorated with Buddhist symbols (8 auspicious signs). Their sound is said to represent the primordial vibration that connects the material and spiritual worlds.