What are the benefits of using a singing bowl?

Question

What are the benefits of using a singing bowl?

Answer 1

Hello

The sound can be meditated upon.

The sound can raise vibrations.

Sadhara

Answer 2

I sure love the sound of them. They are used in Buddhist ritual. But I don't know the details, you should google it.

Answer 3

They're awesome-

but they can be expensive at times.

They are used to transform energies and raise vibrations.

If you cannot afford one, you can also buy

a 'singing bowls' CD.

Answer 4

In Buddhist practice, singing bowls are used as a support for meditation, trance induction and prayer.   In Tibet they are also used for transformation of self and of matter.  Singing bowls were traditionally used throughout Asia as part Today they are used worldwide both within and without these spiritual traditions, for meditation, relaxation, healthcare, personal well-being and religious practice.  Singing bowls were historically made in Tibet, Nepal, India, Bhutan, China, Japan and Korea. The best known type are from the Himalayan region and are often called "Tibetan singing bowls."  Singing bowls are played by the friction of rubbing a wooden, plastic, or leather wrapped mallet around the rim of the bowl to produce overtones and a continuous 'singing' sound. The original singing bowls produce a complex chord of harmonic overtones (multiple harmonic overtones at the same time).  The overtones are a result of their metalworking and fabrication which consists of multiple metals and are produced by a sophisticated hammered or beaten technique. The majority of new bowls are cast metal and not hammered and beaten with Metalworking hand tools, and therefore produce only one tone.

For more information about Tibetan Singing Bowls, see:

http://www.bodhisattva.com/sb_about.htm

Another type of singing bowl are Crystal singing bowls which create a very pure wave form a sine wave form. This pure sine wave form carries through physical objects quite well. The human body has quite a lot of resonation potentials within it. One reason the pure tones vibrate our body is that it has a natural affinity to quartz. The human body is composed of many crystallite substances, the bones, blood and DNA are crystalline in structure as well as the liquid crystal-colloidal structure of the brain. Even on a molecular level, our cells contain silica, which balances our electromagnetic energies, and this is the same formula as natural quartz crystal. When you're working with crystals and sound, such as with the bowls, there is a resonation - a harmonization - an integration process that goes on between the external and internal vibration. The physical properties of the crystal bowls create different tones which resonate with our subtle bodies and frequency signatures. The tones awaken cellular memories and heal on different levels.

For more information about Crystal singing bowls, see:

http://www.crystalinks.com/bowls.html