Buray Shawl in Mustard Yellow four-armed form

four-armed form

For many centuries dZi beads have held an important place in Tibetan culture

their double layered muslin keeps one cool in summer

he focused his mind in meditation on the dependent nature of reality

and even psychic powers

Buray Shawl in Mustard Yellow four-armed form100% Buray silk handwoven, dyed, and finished in Norbulingka workshops. Known as bu ray (insect cloth) in Bhutan and Tibet and as Endi in India, this rugged wild silk fabric is made from the pierced cocoon of the Attacus Ricini moth whose larvae feed on the leaves of the castor oil tree, in the jungles of Assam. Popular in Bhutan and Tibet, buray was imported from Assam for centuries and traditionally used for monks shawls and the famed Tibetan shirt.