History and Use of Crystal Singing Bowls

History and Use of Crystal Singing Bowls

By Trishna Nirmala

Crystal singing bowls are one of the most powerful, beautiful and easy to use healing tools available today. These bowls are especially made for this treatment effect.

They are made of 99% silica sand (quartz) and is literally spun in be in a centrifugal mold which is heated to 4000 degrees and an electric arc in the center fuses the individual grains into one whole.'s why the inside of the bowls is smooth and the external granular and sparkly as tiny quartz grains. When they came out of the mold they are then configured.

Meditation With Two Crystal Singing Bowls

Two people playing a pair of crystal singing bowls. Beautiful higher end waveforms.

Singing Crystal Bowl Chakra Meditation

Amazing and lengthy rendering of a large quartz crystal bowl from The Wisdom Light company. Low tones are very clear.

Origins, History and Usage of the Tibetan Singing Bowl

By Trishna Nirmala

Origins

In Buddhist practice, singing bowls are used as a support for meditation, trance induction and prayer. For example, Chinese Buddhists use the singing bowl to accompany the wooden fish during chanting, striking it when a particular phrase in a sutra, mantra or hymn is sung. In Japan and Vietnam, singing bowls are similarly used during chanting and may also mark the passage of time or signal a change in activity.

The sue of singing bowls in Tibet is the subject of much debate and many stories. Some people say they were used for meditation while others say they were magical tools for transformation of self and of matter.

Crystal Castles Singing Bowl Set

A crystal singing bowl set from Crystal Castles in Australia.