Mediating between the skies and the earth, tsatsa can be associated to the jewel that fulfills the vows symbol the "cintamani". Left in the wind, deposited in the rivers, thrown into the fire, buried they emit beneficial and curative energies. Once decomposed they direct their spiritual charge composed of prayers and vows of the faithful.
The tsatsa of the three harmonies represent the three holy jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, the Dharma (Buddhist law) and the Sangha (community) in the sense that they represent the effigy of the Buddha, are offered to the sangha and are subject to the law of impermanence and changement.
The various places where the tsatsa are deposited represent the Buddha and his benefits. They can also be put in gau or leather protection to use as lucky charm in order to rule out difficulties.
They are offered at weddings, ceremonies, purchases of livestock and other by following their primary vocations to be exposed and subjected to the elements of nature and thus dissolved... When the wind blows, the energies and prayers condensed in the tsatsa are dispersed in the space…
In Ladakh, Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan passers-by can admire the prayer-tsatsa placed on the heights of a temple, passing a pass near the rivers and subjected to the elements of rain, snow, etc
The neophyte can only be curious and amazed by these small pieces of terracotta with the effigy of colorful deities left as an offering and doomed to destruction.
These offerings have an ancestral origin stamped with secret. They come from a tradition older than the bön. The origins of the Bön tradition it's difficult to determine. The Bön is a religion that is considered indigenous to the origin of Tibetan and Nepalese culture and spirituality. He first designated a particular category of "shamans" before being considered a religion with the arrival of Buddhism in the seventh century.
In accordance with their animistic and shamanistic beliefs, the Bönpos sought to appease local gods and the spirits of mountains, valleys, lakes and streams with prayers, rituals and offerings. They thought that these elemental beings, when they were angry, provoked natural disasters and diseases.
Thus they would have used their effigy not to destroy them but to command them, to acquire their strength and to grant them their protective presence to pacify nature and receive the blessings of the gods.
Originally, the characters, scriptures and images were hand-carved. Then the carefully carved wooden moldsr.
Subsequently, more resistant materials such as bronze or brass were used to make tsa-tsas molds
In accordance with their animistic and shamanistic beliefs, the Bönpos sought to appease local gods and the spirits of mountains, valleys, lakes and streams with prayers, rituals and offerings. They thought that these elemental beings, when they were angry, provoked natural disasters and diseases.
Thus they would have used their effigy not to destroy them but to command them, to acquire their strength and to grant them their protective presence to pacify nature and receive the blessings of the gods.
Originally, the characters, scriptures and images were hand-carved. Then the carefully carved wooden moldsr.
Subsequently, more resistant materials such as bronze or brass were used to make tsa-tsas molds.
