极罕见的藏传供奉罐，绘有长寿的达基尼·Tséringma及其4 - 铜、木材和棉花 - 西藏 - 第十八

Beautiful offering pot, in copper, rather heavy, (originally intended to be a milk pot), traditionally containing rice in which are positioned here 5 offerings supports in the form of wooden rods on which are fixed very small "Tsaklis" (traditional miniature paintings) beautifully painted.
Note at the back of each rod are invocations in Tibetan dedicated to each of these deities.
In the center of these rods there would originally have been planted a "Dadar", this ritual adamantine arrow wrapped in the five colors representing the five elements but also the blessing of the five sisters.

One of these small paintings beautifully depicts the Dakini Tséringma, riding a snow lion with immaculate white fur. The other four depict her four sisters, who are part of her entourage, bearing specific ritual attributes and riding different mounts (tiger, dragon...).
Tseringma means the “Compassionate Mistress of Long Life”.

These five Long Life sister goddesses are said to bring different gifts:
1. ལྷ་མོ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཚེ་རིང་མ། Lhamo Tashi Tseringma, is the Deity who develops the long life of the world.
2. མཐིང་གི་ཞལ་བཟང་མ། Tingi Shyäl Zangma, is the Deity who grants clairvoyance.
3. མི་གཡོ་གླང་བཟང་མ། Miyo Lang Zangma, is the Deity of the environment.
4. ཅོད་པན་མགྲིན་བཟང་མ། Chöpen Drin Zangma, represents the Deity of jewels.
5. གཏལ་དཀར་འགྲོ་བཟང་མ། Tälkar Dro Zangma, is the Deity of domestic animals.

As mountain spirits living on the border between Tibet and Nepal, these Five Sisters of Long Life belong to the class of terrestrial deities “sman”. In the past submitted by Padmasambhava in the 8th century, these deities became protectors of Buddhism. In the 11th century, wishing to test the determination of the great ascetic Milarepa, they created appearances to distract him from his meditation. Unable to truly harm him due to the vows made to the guru Rinpoché, they failed and, three days later, returned to prostrate before the yogi Milarepa. Renewing their commitment to protect the Buddhist Dharma, it is said that they offered their vital essence in the form of mantras.
Asking for teachings, Milarepa gave them a transmission on the Thought of Awakening, as well as various Vajrayana practices, yogas and two specific practices of the Hevajra Tantra. A few months later, at the same place, the Tseringma sisters returned and asked for detailed instructions on the practice of “Karma mudra”, which Milarepa agreed to give them. These are the three encounters between Milarepa and Tseringma.
From Milarepa’s students arose many lineages of diverse practice that have permeated all Tibetan Buddhist schools to this day.

These precious objects have been preserved in good condition, despite a small loss at the base of one rod (which does not prevent it from being planted around the rim of the bowl in the rice). The paintings are in excellent condition and display stunning details given their small size!!!

This type of object likely comes from the meditation table of a yogi practitioner of the Kagyu lineage, or from a Tibetan oracle (currently one of the Dalai Lama’s oracles, Khandro Tséringma Rinpoché, is believed to be directly connected to this particular dakini whose name she bears!).

Copper pot: Opening diameter: 82 mm / Base diameter: 107 mm / height: 104 mm
5 Tsaklis painted on cotton: 48 x 42 mm
Wooden support rod: 18 x 4 cm