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In Topic: Meditation Bell, Where-O-Where To Find...
2012-05-08 11:23:39
Orang37, how do you do it, posting stories like this over and over again... why not hand over your magic keyboard to me...? 
To be honest with you, I don't need these for meditation practice. I have been meditating for decades without them, and I still don't feel like I need a prop.
Besides, what I like about meditation and yoga is that the only 'thing' you need is nothing but yourself.
And call it blasphemy, but I am not even interested in Buddhism, history and theory around meditation, I just like plain sitting (or walking for that matter). Nothing more, nothing less.
But as I am a big fan of silence, I am also a big fan of beautiful sounds. I love the sound of the bowls, how it resonates, how you can play with it, how you can literally feel it.
It is where 2 senses, hearing and feeling, come together.
I want to choose a bowl the way I chose my music instruments, and Loi Kroh is a bit too noisy.
The meditation bell is a gift for someone, but personally I find them soundwise less interesting.
Just listen...
To be honest with you, I don't need these for meditation practice. I have been meditating for decades without them, and I still don't feel like I need a prop.
Besides, what I like about meditation and yoga is that the only 'thing' you need is nothing but yourself.
And call it blasphemy, but I am not even interested in Buddhism, history and theory around meditation, I just like plain sitting (or walking for that matter). Nothing more, nothing less.
But as I am a big fan of silence, I am also a big fan of beautiful sounds. I love the sound of the bowls, how it resonates, how you can play with it, how you can literally feel it.
It is where 2 senses, hearing and feeling, come together.
I want to choose a bowl the way I chose my music instruments, and Loi Kroh is a bit too noisy.
The meditation bell is a gift for someone, but personally I find them soundwise less interesting.
Just listen...
In Topic: Meditation Bell, Where-O-Where To Find...
2012-05-08 01:41:05
CMSally, Udonguy, Basinboy, Swazibird:
Thank you so much for the info.
Loi Kroh has 2 shops, across 7-11 there's a little shop with only bowls.
The other one a little farther away (coming from the moat) has meditation bells as well. The guy told me about the bowls, some were machine made, others handmade. These were made out of old bowls (recycled material)
The bowls are from Tibet, but I am not sure if this is the truth (as we tend to value bowls from Tibet holier than those from other countries, so it is saleswise easier to market them as Tibetan bowls) I wouldn't be surprised if they were from Nepal or India. Prices are around 1,500 baht for the smaller handmade ones (around 13 cm). Depending on the weight. The bigger shop also has older bowls.
With the traffic in front of the shops it was difficult to hear the sounds well. I think I need more time and effort to find 'the one'
Thanks again!
Thank you so much for the info.
Loi Kroh has 2 shops, across 7-11 there's a little shop with only bowls.
The other one a little farther away (coming from the moat) has meditation bells as well. The guy told me about the bowls, some were machine made, others handmade. These were made out of old bowls (recycled material)
The bowls are from Tibet, but I am not sure if this is the truth (as we tend to value bowls from Tibet holier than those from other countries, so it is saleswise easier to market them as Tibetan bowls) I wouldn't be surprised if they were from Nepal or India. Prices are around 1,500 baht for the smaller handmade ones (around 13 cm). Depending on the weight. The bigger shop also has older bowls.
With the traffic in front of the shops it was difficult to hear the sounds well. I think I need more time and effort to find 'the one'
Thanks again!
