Dorjean bell

…To be sure, one's Dorjean bell, one's mala, and all the other ritual things one may have, are secret rituals. One does not display them casually to all and sundry. They are kept, in whatever sacred corner or room is used for practice, away from the eyes of passing visitors.…

…In an internet forum a few days ago, a user posted a picture of a rather odd-looking Dorjean bell. The design of the bell was rather unusual, but the doge even more so. In the place of the lotus petals that almost invariably, or I would have said invariably, emerge from the central sphere and support the prongs, there was a ring of what looked to be pieces…