{"product_id":"lotus-heart-sutra-ring","title":"Lotus Heart Sutra Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sutra is on the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurn the ring over and the whole of the Heart Sutra is there, some two hundred and sixty characters set in a grid across the inner face, with the title 心經 marking where it begins. Worn, it faces your skin. \u003cstrong\u003eNobody sees it, including you, most of the time.\u003c\/strong\u003e What everyone else gets is the lotus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat lotus is cut deep, petals lapping over petals, with the seed pod open at the centre and a beaded stem running down under the flower. The pod is the part worth noticing. \u003cstrong\u003eThe lotus is the one plant that carries its flower and its fruit at the same moment\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is why Buddhism reaches for it to say that cause and effect are not two separate things. 花果同時, flower and fruit together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Heart Sutra is the short one. Two hundred and sixty characters against the thousands in the long sutras, which is why it is the text that ends up carved on objects while the others stay in books. Monks memorise it as a matter of course. What it argues is that form is emptiness and emptiness is form, and that there is nothing to grip. A strange and useful thing to have running round a finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone who has a practice and would rather carry it than display it.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a wide band: chunky on a slim hand, ordinary on a broad one. The photographs show it worn both ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizing and care\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen band, so there is no size to get wrong. Squeeze gently to tighten, widen to loosen, then set it once and leave it. Repeated bending is what tires silver out. The antiquing in the recesses is what makes both the lotus and the script legible, so polish the raised surfaces and leave the dark alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tibetan silver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSizing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adjustable open band, fits most\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOutside:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lotus in deep relief, seed pod at the centre, beaded stem below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInside:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full Heart Sutra (心經) engraved across the inner face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Antiqued, high points brighten with wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wide band. See the worn photographs for scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52442933264686,"sku":"200000226:350853;200000369:200001539","price":38.33,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/lotus-heart-sutra-ring-1.webp?v=1788339908","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/lotus-heart-sutra-ring","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}