Old Tibet Tibetan Gilt Jade Vajra (Dorje) Phurpa Dagger Start Price USD 299.99 Current Price USD 299.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 05, 2008 End Time Friday, September 12, 2008 Location Tibet See more about 'Old Tibet Tibetan Gilt Jade Vajra (Dorje) Phurpa Dagger' Description 　 　 Old Tibet Tibetan Gilt Jade Vajra (Dorje) Phurpa Dagger 　 DESCRIPTION This is an old Tibetan Gilt Jade Vajra (Dorje) Phurpa Dagger. As you can see the image, the handwork is very fine with incredible detailling. It's  very fine quality piece. This is a great piece of valuable collection, a valuable personal alter or a very good present.  Don't miss out this chance to get it ! The Phurpa, sometimes called a "magic dagger", is a tantric ritual object used to conquer evil spirits and to destroy obstacles. It is utilized in magic rituals by high level tantric practitioners. The word phurpa is used primarily in Central Tibet, while the word phurbu is used more often in Kham, Amdo and Ladakh. The component phur in the word phurpa is a Tibetan rendering of the Sanskrit word kila, meaning peg or nail. The phurpa is an implement that nails down as well as binds. It was thus by stabbing a phurpa into the earth, and thereby nailing and binding the evil spirits, that Padmasambhava, regarded as the inventor of this implement, consecrated the ground on which the Samye monastery was established in the eighth century. Whatever the original shape of the Indian kila may have been (none has survived), it seems very likely that in Tibet the form of the phurpa, with its three-sided blade, was suggested by the pegs that were driven into the earth to hold the rope stays of the tent. Due to the essentially nomadic nature of life in ancient Tibet, the tent was an important part of their routine. While traveling it was used by all, the peasants, the traders, the royalty, nobility and even the exalted monks. Indeed, the peg of the tent is the prototype of the phurpa. Its triple blade is really not a dagger but a peg, precisely the kind of peg used to secure tents. The triple blade of the phurpa symbolizes the overcoming or cutting through of the three root poisons of ignorance, desire, and hatred, and also represents control over the three times of past, present and future. The triangular shape represents the element of fire and symbolizes wrathful activity. The tenacious grip of the makara-head at the top of the blade represents its ferocious activity. When using the phurpa, the practitioner first meditates, then recites the sadhana of the phurpa, and then invites the deity to enter the phurpa. As he does so, the practitioner visualizes that he is frightening and conquering the evil spirits by placing the evil under the point of the phurpa. Or sometimes the practitioner visualizes throwing the phurpa in order to impale and subdue the spirits. The success will depend on the practitioner's spirituality, concentration, motivation, and his karmic connections with the deity of the phurpa and the evil spirits. Jade is a kind of quality stone and is praised as “The King of Stone”. The green and red of jade are nearly the same as color of the feather of jade bird in ancient times. So it is named as "Jade ". The quality and price of jade is variable in extremely wide range. Chinese Jade comes from the most western point of China in today Xinjiang (Khotan, Yarkand). Since the 18th century, the qualitatively better jadeite from Burma was introduced. Neolithic artisans used to shape the stones to axes, knives and animals.Jade objects belonged to the symbols that the ruling elite used to prove their relationship to heaven.The main component of jade is jadeite, whose chemical formula is NaAl(Si2O6). The color of jade also consists of green, white, yellow, brown, gray, purple, blue, etc. and the color is not even in the jade. The common color is scattering with green strips or spots on the basic color. The green color of jade is formed by the mineral grains of green jadeite, the different form of the green jadeite grains form different form of green, the common are stripe green, conglomeration green, floccules green, even green etc. Green is the key factor to judge the value of jade. Dimensions:  Width(inches) Width(mm) Height(inches) Height(mm) Weight (gram) 5.3 135 22.3 565 3000 IMAGES 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 PAYMENT We recommend this method of payment , which lets us receive your payment instantly and ship your item in time. With the above payment method, We also accept  other payment methods, But kindly please contact with us first. Ebay invoice will be sent within 8 hours of auctions ending. All payment must be make in 5 days from the date you win the item. 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