Tröllö Phurba

Tröllö Phurba

meteorite iron and bronze phurba

This phurba is one of the nine treasures of ‘The Confederate Sanghas of Aro’. It is one of the many phurbas made by A-kyong Düd’dül Dorje who made a set of special Tröllö phurbas for Aro Yeshé. This phurba is connected with the Buddha Karma of pacification. There were four others – three connected with the Buddha karmas of enrichment, magnetisation, and destruction – and the fourth being ‘the phurba of the fundamental ground of reality’ which was carved from a solid piece of crystal which was seventeen inches in length. The phurba shown here has a blade and ‘spine’ made of meteorite iron.  The ‘spine’ or srog-chak (life iron) runs from the blade to the crown ornament of Dorje Tröllö’s head. This phurba was traditionally used in a phur-khang or phurba house in which the phurba was employed as part of a lightning conductor. The details of this practice are exclusive to those who receive the deeply serious samayas of the Dorje Tröllö Phurba drüpthab.