this is beautiful antique hand made bell and dorji set. this has very long vibrating sound. size bell 6.5 inch tall / 3.5 inch diameter, dorji 4.5 inch.

The Bell and Dorje are two primary ritual tools of the Tibetan Buddhism. Dorje represents the masculine and Bell the feminine principles in the cosmos and in the individual's energy body.

DORJE - Dorje in Tibetan means 'indestructible. It is the Tibetan Buddhist equivalent of the double terminated Hindu ritual tool known as the Vajre, or thunderbolt. It is considered the ultimate spiritual weapon in that it is used to banish the forces of darkness, ignorance and disharmony with its power of lightning and clear truth. In rituals it is always paired with the bell, or Ghanta, its feminine counterpart. The spoked ends represent the closing of the spokes of the wheel of Samsara; the attainment of enlightenment.

BELL- The bell represents feminine power, wisdom, receptiveness, and the voice of the Buddha. Its sound describes emptiness as it the sound arises from silence and dissolves back into silence. As such it represents the mandala of creation and dissolution; the bottom rim of the bell reps the disc of emptiness from which all arises, these being symbolised by the ring of lower dorjes, the garlands of hanging pearls, the upper horizontal dorjes, all forming the base for eight seed syllables of the eight goddesses. The main feature of the handle is the face of Vajra-para-mita, the greatest Goddess representing the union and perfection of all wisdom and awareness. From her elaborate crown rise the five wisdom jewels which form the vajra cap to the bell.