Buddha Amulet Precious Relics Tsa Tsa
"Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम) or Śākyamuni ("Sage of the Śākyas") whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is regarded as the Buddha of our world age. As told by Shakyamuni, the next Buddha who will come upon Earth is Maitreya, who is to be the fifth Buddha in Bhadra Kalpa in our world. This two sided tsa tsa has the image of Shakyamuni Buddha and the image of Vajra Krodha Mahābala Ucchuṣma
on the other side. The tsa tsa has been encased in acrylic casing and may be worn around your neck, hung on your altar. It can also be offered for Stupa Building Projects or offering inside the treasure vase. List of precious substances & holy relics of the tsa tsa.
Ucchuṣma (Chinese and Japanese phonetic translations: 烏枢沙摩明王, 烏枢瑟摩明王, 烏瑟沙摩明王 or 烏芻沙摩明王, Japanese: Ususama Myōō; Chinese significant name: 除穢金剛 Chúhuì Jīngāng, lit. Vajra purifing the unclean) is a vidyaraja (wisdom king) in the Vajrayana sect of Buddhism. He is also known by various other names such as Burning Impurity Kongo, Jusoku Kongo (受触金剛) and Kazu Kongo (火頭金剛).
His full name is Great Strength Furious Diamond Ucchuṣma, in Sanskrit "Vajra Krodha Mahābala Ucchuṣma", in Chinese 大力威怒金刚烏芻使摩 (Dàlì wēinù jīngāng Wūchúshǐmó), from the Chinese version of the Sūtra of Mahābala and the Tibetan version of the Ārya Mahābala-Nāma-Mahāyāna Sūtra. In Japanese Zen and Shingon Buddhism, Ucchuṣma is a guardian of the bathroom, where his statue is often present. He was known to the general public for his powers of purification of the unclean, in particular in respect to sexual diseases. |
According to the Shurangama Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha asked the bodhisattvas and arahants to present their methods to understand the ultimate truth, the eighteenth to present his character was Ucchusma. The sutra states:
"Ucchushma came before the Buddha, put his palms together, bowed at the Buddha’s feet, and said to the Buddha, I can still remember how many kalpas ago I was filled with excessive greed and desire. There was a Buddha in the world named King of Emptiness. He said that people with too much desire turn into a raging mass of fire. He taught me to contemplate the coolness and warmth throughout my entire body. A spiritual light coalesced inside and transformed my thoughts of excessive lust into the fire of wisdom. After that, when any of the Buddhas summoned me, they used the name 'fire-head.' From the strength of the fire-light samadhi, I accomplished Arhatship. I made a great vow that when each of the Buddhas accomplishes the way, I will be a powerful knight and in person subdue the demons' hatred. The Buddha asks about perfect penetration. I used attentive contemplation of the effects of heat in my body and mind, until it became unobstructed and penetrating and all my outflows were consumed. I produced a blazing brilliance and ascended to enlightenment. This is the foremost method."
"Ucchushma came before the Buddha, put his palms together, bowed at the Buddha’s feet, and said to the Buddha, I can still remember how many kalpas ago I was filled with excessive greed and desire. There was a Buddha in the world named King of Emptiness. He said that people with too much desire turn into a raging mass of fire. He taught me to contemplate the coolness and warmth throughout my entire body. A spiritual light coalesced inside and transformed my thoughts of excessive lust into the fire of wisdom. After that, when any of the Buddhas summoned me, they used the name 'fire-head.' From the strength of the fire-light samadhi, I accomplished Arhatship. I made a great vow that when each of the Buddhas accomplishes the way, I will be a powerful knight and in person subdue the demons' hatred. The Buddha asks about perfect penetration. I used attentive contemplation of the effects of heat in my body and mind, until it became unobstructed and penetrating and all my outflows were consumed. I produced a blazing brilliance and ascended to enlightenment. This is the foremost method."
Only 1 of Tsa Tsa left available for sponsorship. It is also available for healers, astrologers, as a token of appreciation for their services offered.
What is Tsa Tsa? Tsa Tsas are buddha statues and relief images,
often made of clay. The (sadhana) practice of making tsa tsas as a meditation-in-action, with mantra chanting, right motivation, all employed as skillful means in this overall method in eliminating obstacles, purifying negativities,
and creating positive energy (merit). These tsa tsas are placed inside stupas, treasure vases, on altars, shrines and other holy places such as sacred caves, sacred lakes and pilgrimage sites, or kept in Gau (tibetan treasure locket) worn around the neck or kept at altar places. The commonly seen & widespread ones are made with just clay or plaster
without any special ingredients added. These clay tsa-tsas can be plain-looking or colorfully painted with the appropriate colors for each type of deity or buddha.
Often, these can be seen displayed in buddhist religious supply stores for a few dollars for small size tsa tsa or fifteen to over thirty dollars for the larger size ones. Antique shops and auction houses such as Sothebys in offering the range of Tibetan arts (statues, jewelry, furniture & religious artifacts) have treated old tsa tsas like commodities to be bought and sold like any other treasures, going for many hundreds of dollars, for a small piece of old clay.
Occasionally, in fund-raising initiatives, donations are sought for various buddhist center projects, whereby specially made limited quantity tsa tsas containing precious relics and rare blessed items are offered for sponsorships. There are also workshops conducted where participants learn how to make their own tsa tsas. There are many varieties of tsa tsa - the 'relics containing' tsa-tsas have relics of great masters and collection of relic treasures passed down through the centuries by the various lineages. Other type of tsa tsa, often in the form of a stupa shape,
has ashes from the cremated remains of the deceased loved ones. These tsa tsas are often put in between crevices of rocks in caves at holy sites, for example. Medicine tsa-tsas, which can be used as healing amulets, have many rare & precious medicinal materials added. At various occasions, tsa-tsas are made, not just with clay, but with a long list of added precious blessed ingredients, such as the relics of great masters, medicinal herbs, botanicals, earth soil from sacred sites & water from sacred lakes; and consecrated in puja ceremonies. Click here to read this article about Tsa Tsa: Images of Awareness. Here are the links to learn more about Treasure Vases & Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project - learn how to make and offer treasure vases filled with meaningful symbolic items as well as blessed and precious items. At the bottom of the webpage, you can watch a video of Lama Kunga Thartse of the Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, & the director of Ewam Choden, a Dharma center in Kensington, CA (near Berkeley), USA; making & consecrating Earth Treasure Vases for many years. These earth treasure vases & wealth treasure can also be obtained here. Treasure Vases consecrated by Lama Tharchin (Nyingma lineage) can be obtained from here or from Snow Lion Publications. Treasure Vases (from the Gelugpa lineage) made by Gyuto Monastery (world reknown for their overtone mantra chanting & 'singing'). Own a treasure vase by supporting the Maitreya Centre of Kagyu Thubten Chöling. Click on the following links to learn about stupas and current & future Stupa projects around the world for world peace & restoring balance & harmony. Great tsa tsa studio website!