Origin of Tibetan Singing Bowls

It is often said that the first Tibetan singing bowls were shaped from a meteorite that landed onto the Tibetan plateau. Those early Tibetan sing bowls were believed to have the capacity of discharging strong tone waves when friction was applied to them. Such sound waves possessed magical curative features that energized the chakras of the body. Tibetan folklore suggests the existence of healing bowls during the years of Shakyamuni Buddha, countless years ago. It is thought to have originated from Tibet and later adopted in Nepal with the arrival of Buddhism and now are also used in countries like USA, UK, Canada, Germany and many more. The mythical master, Guru Padmasambhava popularized the use of Tibetan sing bowls throughout the 8th century. 

Also, it is believed that Buddha used these bowls as specific relics to enhance the meditative trance and to protect himself against undesirable karma which could be caused by the deflection of an individual's focus. This later lead him into an enlightened state called Nirvana. The genuine oral and scriptural traditions belonging to the Himalayan communities have been primarily hidden from the civilized world until today. A metallurgical investigation, conducted by the Museum of London, detected that the ancient tools are often made from a 12-metal alloy composed of nickel, silver, copper, zinc, antimony, tin, lead, cobalt, bismuth, arsenic, cadmium and additionally iron. Creating this kind of elusive metal is certainly missing during the preparation of the bowls these days.  The idea is regarded so unique and difficult that such models of specific healing bowls cannot be replicated now. 

Tibetan sing bowls create sound waves which produce a deep sense of relaxation, that makes a person prepared to enter into a meditative state of mind. For ages, Buddhist monks were assisted by this traditional instrument to feel at ease during meditation. Altars of temples and monasteries all over Asia have Tibetan singing bowls. A few Tibetan communities have a belief that the type of sound resounded by a Tibetan singing bowl discloses a person’s karma. For example: if you've got some bad or wrong karma, the Tibetan bowl could create a kind of rapid and even distressing tone. However, if you have had good karma throughout your previous lives, the sound will certainly be lengthy reverberating and soothing to hear.

Tibetan bowls have also been known as magic bowls because the bowls had presumably got alchemical energy to transform plain metal into gold. Healing bowls that have been handmade from 7 metals are regarded as genuine bowls.