Cymbal Om mani padme hum

Cymbals

Pairs of these cymbals are used in Buddhist temples but also to drive out demons. It is said that when the sound of the cymbals reaches its full extent, the demons’ brains are split in half.

Smaller of these cymbals are used by dying people to communicate with them. Cymbals are also used to “clean” rooms in which someone has recently died. Cymbals are hung at right angles to produce the right sounds. Cymbals are also used to relax someone who is hyperventilating while meditating.

It is not known what the origin of the cymbals can be traced back to, but it is known that cymbals were also made from the seven metals that singing bowls are made of.

Cymbals come in different sizes, all with their own sound. They are often blank, but there are also many that are richly decorated. Dragons are often depicted with the eight auspicious signs, the so-called Astamangalas and the Om Mantra.

In Tibetan Buddhist meditation rituals, cymbals are often used for incantations. Buddha in various aspects, a deity or a spirit are invoked with the sounds of cymbals.

Another purpose of cymbals is cleaning. With the sound of the cymbals in all corners of a room, energy tensions are dissolved and the room is then “open” and “neutralized” again.