Urban Industries
Double Dorje Keyring
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Dorje is the Tibetan word for vajra. Do-rje means noble stone > Do = stone and rJe = noble or prince. It embodies not only the brilliance of refracted or reflected illumination, but it also symbolizes the impervious and fixed solidity of the point of power around which all else turns -- the axis mundi or hub of the world.
A dorje, then is like the diamond, but that gem is an inadequate symbol for it. However, just as any other substance will be destroyed on impact with a diamond, so the ritual object symbolizes that which is indestructible, enduring, powerful, invincible, and irresistible. For example, although the name, Vajravarahi, has often been translated into English as "Diamond Sow," the word diamond is inadequate and even misleading. Indomitable might be better.
Vajra is a Sanskrit equivalent of the Tibetan word dorje and it carries many meanings: Indra’s thunderbolt, the lamas’ sceptre, and diamond, but only in the sense mentioned above. It may also be used as a qualifying term for anything used in the tantric context. Thus the person who presides at tantric rituals is called the vajra master or dorje lopon.
This silver tone double Dorje, known as the Vishva vajra symbol in Sanskrit, measures 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 inches and comes on a keyring.
Unisex.
Comes in a gift box.
Handmade in Nepal.
A dorje, then is like the diamond, but that gem is an inadequate symbol for it. However, just as any other substance will be destroyed on impact with a diamond, so the ritual object symbolizes that which is indestructible, enduring, powerful, invincible, and irresistible. For example, although the name, Vajravarahi, has often been translated into English as "Diamond Sow," the word diamond is inadequate and even misleading. Indomitable might be better.
Vajra is a Sanskrit equivalent of the Tibetan word dorje and it carries many meanings: Indra’s thunderbolt, the lamas’ sceptre, and diamond, but only in the sense mentioned above. It may also be used as a qualifying term for anything used in the tantric context. Thus the person who presides at tantric rituals is called the vajra master or dorje lopon.
This silver tone double Dorje, known as the Vishva vajra symbol in Sanskrit, measures 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 inches and comes on a keyring.
Unisex.
Comes in a gift box.
Handmade in Nepal.