Pendant, Tibetan Buddhist amulet, Buddha. Akashagarbha. Cinnabar. heart sutra in nanoscript. Buddhist protection. With cord

Pendant, Tibetan Buddhist amulet, Buddha. Bodhissatva Akashagarbha (description below)

Cinnabar.

As a gemologist graduated from the National Institute of Gemmology in Paris,
all our stones are appraised and certified.

sutra of the heart in nanoscript visible by transparency in the light by effect
magnifying glass. Mantra turning on the back thanks to a ball bearing system of
precision developed in Germany.

Buddhist protection.

With cord embellished with red sandalwood.

Pendant dimension: 60mm high by 40mm wide by 10mm thick
Pendant weight: 54 grams

CINNABER (HGS (mercury sulphide))

From Ancient Greek Kinnaburi. Cinnabar was already known since the Neolithic for
its use as a pigment in murals and religious ceremonies.
The Chinese used cinnabar 3500 years ago as a pigment for pottery
or as ink. They would have been the first to have made vermilion, in the
beginning of our era.

Used in Chinese medicine either orally to clear the heart and
calm the mind, or locally to eliminate toxicity. Its ancient use has
also attested in China, the Shang dynasty (-1570 to -1045) made it
the use during divinations (scapulomancy) to make appear and
interpret cracks on turtle shells.

The Chinese Taoists used it as a drug of immortality, hence
mercury poisonings. The most famous is that of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
in 210 BCE. Renowned in China also as a ghost hunt,
tradition still persisting today, as well as in the Tibetan tradition.

AKASHAGARBHA

Akashagarbha is the protector of people born under the sign of the Ox and the Tiger.

He is one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas of Vajrayana. and one of the thirteen Buddhas of the Japanese Shingon tantric school. Its name is formed from ākāśa, “unlimited space”, and garbha, “matrix”. invoked to develop wisdom. His cult has been maintained mainly in Japan.

Ākāśagarbha represents the essence of ether and belongs in the mandalas to the ratna (jewel) family. According to the Akashagarbha Sutra, it is prayed towards the east while waiting for dawn (aruņa) which is its manifestation. The moon, sun and stars are also said to be its manifestations.

Given that part of his name may have the meaning of "heaven", some have proposed to see a celestial or stellar deity at the origin of the bodhisattva. This bodhisattva is associated with a memory-enhancing ritual described in the Bodhisattva Ākāśagarbha Sutra which was introduced to Japan during the Nara period (645-794). Even today, many people recite his mantra in the hope of revitalizing a failing memory.

On the island of Honshu, children used to pay homage to Kokuzo on their thirteenth birthday to request the improvement of their intellectual abilities. Ākāśagarbha is also prayed for manual skill; he is considered the patron saint of craftsmen.

Apart from its utilitarian aspects, the Kokûzô mantra also has a spiritual effect. It is recited to develop wisdom. Kukai, founder of Shingon Buddhism, did his special asceticism several times, "the Goumanji" ritual of 100 days consisting in repeating the mantra a million times in isolation.

At the end of the 10th, it is said that the dawn star, symbolized by the bodhisattva, came down to merge with him, bringing him enlightenment. Last on the list of Thirteen Buddhas of the True Word stream, Ākāśagarbha also closes the cycle of funeral rituals by presiding over the last commemorative ceremony 32 years after the death. Ākāśagarbha also has some significance in Nichiren Buddhism.

The Seicho-ji (Kiyosumi-dera), temple where the founder of the current studied, was built around a statue of this bodhisattva. According to the Gosho, a collection of his writings, Nichiren saw one day Kokuzo appear before him and then change into an old monk who gave him a pearl of wisdom.