Tibetan Buddhists believe that a Statue is only an empty shell unless it is properly filled with the consecration materials inside it and consecrated. Therefore, the Statue should be filled with consecration materials inside it by the qualified Buddhist monk or Guru and then have to be blessed it by the Rinpoche or high ranked Guru known as Khempo. After the proper filling and then blessing only it is Buddhist belief that your statue will be aesthetically pleasing and it will also bring you blessings to you.
The process of Consecration of Statues:
1. Filling of Consecration Materials inside the Statue
For the Consecration; first the Statue has to be filled with consecration materials which consists of paper mantra rolls of particular deity, five materials (gold, silver, brass, copper and iron), coral stones (if available), lots of incense powder, holy objects (such as soil of holy places, objects of holy persons, etc.) and jhilap or Prasad.
2. Blessing by the Rinpoche or High Ranked Guru or Khempo
Once the Statue has been properly filled with above ingredients by the qualified Buddhist monk or Guru then comes the second part which is; blessing. The second phase is to bless by the Rinpoche or High Ranked Guru or Khempo. During this blessing process the Rinpoche or Khemp will continuously recite the deity’s mantra for the particular Statue. The Statue will come to live only after the blessing process is completed. So it is must to have the Statues blessed after they are filled.
