LARGE TIBETAN FAUX MONKEY SKULL KAPALA TANTRIC BUDDHIST RITUAL BOWL MUG

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TIBETAN FAUX MONKEY SKULL KAPALA TANTRIC BUDDHIST RITUAL BOWL MUG
The kapala is made in the form of a skull specially collected and prepared. It is elaborately anointed and consecrated before use. The cup is also elaborately decorated and sometimes kept in a triangular pedestal.Kapalas are used in both Hindu and Buddhist rituals. Among the rituals using kapalas are: higher tantric meditation to achieve a transcendental state of thought and mind within the shortest possible time; libation to gods and deities to win their favor; by Lamas as an offering bowl on the altar, filled with wine or blood as a gift to the Yidam Deity or all the Deities; and the Vajrayana empowerment ceremony.