Some of the products produced by HMA:

Brass Bell with Dorje

The bell symbolises the feminine principle while the dorje symbolises the masculine principle. The union of these two principles is an enlightened mind. The bell is also a symbol of wisdom and is used daily by lamas, who may hold the bell in one hand and the dorje in the other. The dorje, or thunderbolt, is a profound symbol of wisdom, and represents unshakeably resolution and clarity.

The Prayer Wheel

Traditionally contains prayers written on slips of paper. The wheel is rotated in the same direction as the sun’s progress across the skies, and as the wheel spins, prayers are wafted to heaven.

Tibetan Butter Lamps

The cup is filled with liquid yak butter and topped with a wick. Butter lamps are often lit at nights and during Buddhists ceremonies and festivals. Symbolically the light produced is the light that helps dispel the darkness of ignorance. The raised decorations are some of the Eight Buddhist’s Symbols of  Happy Augury, whose meanings are detailed below.

Tibetan Phur-Bu – Incense, Scroll or Brush Holder

The decorations on the brass Phur-Bu include the Eight Buddhist Symbols. They are:

1. The Wheel: suggests truth, order and dignity: its spokes symbolise the eight fold path of Buddhism.

2. The Conch Shell: represents the sound of emptiness, which is the ultimate nature of the universe. Also used to call monks to prayer.

3. The Banner of Victory: a sign of honour and respect for the Buddhist’s transcendence of birth, illness, decay and death into a state of enlightenment.

4. The Umbrella: an ancient symbol of royalty in Asia, suggesting splendour, rank and respect.

5. The Holy Vase: a receptacle of blessings, containing the elixir of wisdom, spirituality and long life.

6. The Pair of Golden Fish: a symbol of release from suffering, and associated with wealth and prosperity. Also sometimes said to represent happy marriage.

7. The Endless Knot: an emblem of the cycle of karma, signifying the constant process of becoming, and the continuity of existence without beginning and end

8. The Lotus: a popular emblem of divinity and a reminder of a person’s ability to develop his/her potential. Also represents purity because it grows in the water, and is undefiled by the earth.