Singing Bowl Meditation

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Today, singing bowls have come out as one of the most revered Buddhist artifacts due to the fact that they are known to aid anyone to concentrate in their meditation. Meditation being one of the foremost methods of attaining enlightenment, just like the Buddha himself, Buddhist followers very much perform meditation to follow the path of the Buddha. They use various tools and Buddhist arts like Buddha statues, miniature shrines and others to keep them motivated towards the path of meditation. Among those tools, singing bowls have been one of the most recent instruments revered by the Buddhists to aid them in their meditation.

Though originally used only as a food bowl by the people in the foothills of the Himalayas, singing bowls currently are used in meditation. Many Buddhist monasteries, temples and houses are currently home to these singing bowls as they are considered a tool to concentrate for meditation. The pleasant and intricate sound produced by singing bowls is the main reason behind their help in meditation. Many Tibetan rinpoches and religious leaders are known to have used singing bowls to aid in their meditation, religious ceremonies and different cultural rites. The sound resonates with the cells of the body to make the user feel relaxed and help them concentrate on their meditation.

Tibetan singing bowls as well as Nepali singing bowls are adored by millions of meditation enthusiasts for the sound produced by them are known to enhance the level of concentration while also giving a harmonic ambience to the surroundings. Similarly the overtones produced by hitting and rubbing a wooden mallet alongside the rims of the bowl provides a spiritual effect on the listener’s ears. The singing bowl meditation represents the Buddhist culture of harmony. Many people regard singing bowl meditation to be the path for them to find the harmony between their body, mind and soul. This harmony is known to have them embrace their humanity within them. Thus, we can say that singing bowl meditation has been a part of Buddhist culture for many centuries. The fact that Japanese and Vietnamese Buddhists perform singing bowl meditation as well as use the bowls in their different rites and ritual is well supported by the presence of singing bowls in altars and meditation room in their Buddhist temples.

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Furthermore, singing bowl meditation is also considered as a renowned method for sound healing or music therapy. The benefits of singing bowl meditation are improved immunity, improved blood pressure, stress relieving and pain relieving to name a few. The overtones resonate with the cells of the body while also activate the inactive chakras within the body. The user and have a great health realign the chakras benefits. Due to this reason, the singing bowls are also termed as chakra singing bowls. Also, more than just a tool to attain enlightenment, singing bowls meditation create a powerful synergistic effect as the sound waves pass through the body while giving a physical, mental and spiritual shift to the mind and soul. This helps in experiencing a greater sense of peace, clarity, harmony and vitality to one’s inner self.

The methods of singing bowl meditation have proved themselves to be greatly useful in many situations and solving many health related problems. The overtones produced by the singing bowls provide a harmonic peace while meditating in the harmonic ambience helps one attain the concentration level as well as inner peace to the user. This has made singing bowls one of the most sought after Buddhist artifacts in the past few decades. Due to its religious, meditational as well as health benefits, people have flocked to the get their hands on these amazing instruments. Meditation enthusiasts especially have increased the demand of these instruments for singing bowl meditation. Similarly, many collectors in the world are hurrying to collect as many singing bowls as possible, especially antique singing bowls to add them to their collection due to the increase in the bowls’ demand. If you ever want a singing bowl for your singing bowl meditation, please visit our online singing bowl shop and choose the best suitable singing bowl of your choice.