Best Sellers of 2010

These lovely fair trade silk and rayon drawstring gift bags (thialis or purses), come in a luscious variety of colors. They are the perfect size for a pair of tingsha, statue, jewelry, or...

The pouches are sewn by a woman's cooperative in Kathmandu, Nepal, managed according to fair trade principles. Your purchase of these thialis helps support women and their children in Nepal.

Our most popular Japanese rin gong, or meditation bell bowl, set. These Zen gongs are used at the beginning and end of Zen meditation sessions, and are a perfect size for a home altar. Meditation, retreat and yoga centers all find these bells helpful, as do fengshui practioners.

Please specify preference for purple/white or purple/red cushion. Set includes rin gong, cushion and striker.

Japanese rin gongs, or bell bowls, are traditionally used at the beginning and end of Zen meditation. Their clear, long sustain also make them popular for feng shui, clearing spaces, yoga, and healing.

Our beautiful Tibetan (Himalayan) singing bowls with these deep sides are from Orissa. They produce a complex and beautiful harmonic tone helpful in bringing one's mind into a meditative state. The deep sides seem to provide these singing bowls with an especially long sustain. All are old, we believe over 100 years old.

Singing bowls can either be tapped gently with a mallet or rubbed around the rim with a playing stick to produce their tones. It may help to tap the singing bowl gently to begin its vibration.

Prayer flags are from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. They are a common sight around villages and houses, at temples and mountain passes throughout Buddhist India, Nepal and China. The flags are block-printed with excerpts of Buddhist texts, mantras, and mystical animals. The windhorse, carrying the wish-fulfilling jewel on its back, is in the center. As the wind passes through the flags, prayers and blessings are spread throughout the countryside.

Khatas (katas) are ceremonial scarves in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. These Tibetan scarves are given to one who is leaving on a trip, draped around the neck as an honor to someone, or used to enclose an offering.

Our traditional Tibetan khatas (Tibetan katas) have a subtle pattern of Tibetan symbols. They come from Boudhnath Stupa, in Kathmandu, Nepal. A subtle golden color.

A popular meditation bell in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. This tingsha (dingsha) is engraved with two dragons, symbols of good luck and guardians of wealth, both physical and spiritual.

A finely-detailed art piece sculpture of the Buddhist bodhisattva White Tara. White Tara is a female deity of the Buddhist pantheon. She was born from a tear of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokitesvara. She is regarded as his consort.

This is a statue of the Medicine Buddha, or Healing Buddha. He sits on a lotus base, holding a bowl of healing herbs in his left hand. His right hand is in charity mudra and holds a branch of the myrobalan tree, a medicinal plant found in India and other tropical countries. The Medicine Buddha is said to dispense spiritual medicine to those who properly approach him. Some believe just touching the image brings benefit.

Large: 4.3"(11 cm) / 10 oz.

These tingsha meditation bells are embossed with the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, the most popular mantra in Tibetan Buddhism. It loosely translates "Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus Blossom" and is the mantra of Avalokitesvara (Chenrezi), the Tibetan deity of compassion, who is available to all who seek him.