Manifesting Gods and Remedial Faults Singing bowl and tingsha Total Weight: 652 grams approx

Total Weight: 652 grams approx

This is a handmade silver sterling dragon head pendant with a moon stone

This is a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha which has been fully gold plated

the endless cycle of suffering or birth

It is represented with eight spokes indicating the eight fold path of salvation

Manifesting Gods and Remedial Faults Singing bowl and tingsha Total Weight: 652 grams approxThis study is an ethnographic exploration of the Masta cult of a Brahman village named Ludku in the Sija Valley in the Karnali Basin of Western Nepal. It clarifies how the Brahmans turn to the oracular deities, Mastas, when they fall victims to human injustice and supernatural afflictions and that the Mastas work as agents of dos which is translated as remedial faults in opposition to pap (sin) which is generally beyond redemption. The Mastas possess