Tibetan table Tingsha gong in holder & 7 metallic sound clapper

Tingsha at his cymbales antiques, small cymbals, each pair attached to a belt, used in Buddhism. They are usually beaten by the relatively thick edges against each other, but striking with a metal rod is also possible. Tingshas are sometimes equipped with ornamentation with motifs of Buddhism.

Just like the bowls tingsha is a ritual utensils. Tingsha are generally made of seven metals, like singing bowls. They are used by Buddhist monks, but were used before the advent of Buddhism. The pure sound of a few Tingshas has a particular effect on the functioning of the mind. When one takes such a resounding tingsha for each ear, creating a "stereo effect": it is as if the sound is singing right in the head, all wegvagend which there is still present in mind. In Tibetan Buddhist meditation rituals Tingshas used in different ways. In certain collective forms of meditation brings the bright tone during exercise stray meditation student back into the bright emptiness of the non-thinking. This sound effect is immediately, at the first touch, and it continues to work long after the sound has ceased in the physical ears.