Kora Mountain Pass · Scattered to the Wind · A Single Release Tibetan Crystal -1 millennia-old bead

millennia-old bead

Material: Raw Amethyst Crystal

Dimensions: Thickness: 6

Accessory Material: Gold-toned 925 Silver

Provenance: Relic contents of a damaged Ming Dynasty Buddhist stupa

Kora Mountain Pass · Scattered to the Wind · A Single Release Tibetan Crystal -1 millennia-old beadAlong the kora, only to find yourself standing at the place closest to the sky. Tibetan tradition holds that a mountain pass is where this world draws nearest to the divine, where a wish is most likely to be heard. It is here that pilgrims pause to scatter lungta small paper squares printed with scripture and sacred creatures releasing them into the wind, letting them scatter across the sky in every direction. Once scattered, a lungta belongs to no