Brass Dorje

9 cm Brass Dorje. Dorje is a Tibetan word. It refers to the ritual object that is held in the right hand of a Lama during various religious ceremonies. Dorje is a common given-name for men in people of Tibetan culture. Hence Phu Dorje, Ang Dorje (young Dorje) and Nima Dorje (Monday Dorje) or, more usually, Dorje. Symbolically a dorje represents the 'thunderbolt of enlightenment,' that abrupt change in human consciousness which is recognised by all the great religions as a pivotal episode in the lives of mystics and saints.