Double vajra necklace

Size: 5cm by 5cm

material: gilded copper

The dorje, or vajra, can be considered the most important cult object in Tibetan Buddhism; so important that the names of many deities are preceded by the word vajra.

During rituals, it also symbolizes the masculine principle and is held in the right hand, while the bell (Gantha), which represents the feminine principle, is held in the left.

The word "vajra" comes from Sanskrit and means "hard," "powerful," and also indicates the indestructible hardness and brilliance of a diamond. Its characteristics (indestructibility, hardness, steadfastness) are the same as those attributed to the mind after having gone through and assimilated the spiritual growth taught by the Buddha. Its shape, very similar to a scepter or a weapon, seems to derive from the scepter-lightning bolt possessed by Indra, a Hindu deity, with which he controls the force of lightning and thunder, governing the monsoon clouds that bring rain and fertility to the earth.

A symbol of every fundamental, immutable, and clear essence of truth, the immaculate transparency of the diamond-dorje presupposes a richness of facets and corresponds to the concept-symbol of the absolute.