Material: Stainless steel. Double-ring design. Yellow Jambhala mantra

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Description: Yellow Jambhala (Tibetan: Zangbala Sepo, Sanskrit: Jambhala), also known as Yellow Jambhala or Yellow Jambhala, is the chief of the five wealth deities in Tibetan Buddhism. His mantra is "Om Zambhala Jalendraye Soha". Reciting this mantra is considered a powerful practice with the following main benefits:

- **Increased Wealth and Escape from Poverty:** Sincere recitation can bring the blessings of Yellow Jambhala, resulting in abundant wealth, smooth career, and the elimination of economic pressure and poverty. It allows practitioners to have sufficient worldly resources, freeing them from the pressures of life and enabling them to practice with peace of mind.

- **Increased Merit, Lifespan, and Wisdom:** Not only does it bring material benefits, but it also increases merit, prolongs life, enhances wisdom and intelligence, and brings spiritual abundance.

- **Eliminating Obstacles and Accumulating Merit:** It can eliminate the suffering of the six realms, remove obstacles to practice due to insufficient merit, and make it easier for practitioners to accumulate merit and smoothly practice the Dharma.

- **Physical and Mental Health and Auspiciousness:** Recitation can bring longevity without illness, great wisdom and learning, abundant food and clothing, and reduce karmic obstacles and diseases.

These benefits require recitation with a devout heart, generating Bodhicitta (to benefit all sentient beings), diligently practicing generosity, and cultivating good karma. If one's heart is filled with greed and stinginess, it will be difficult to receive blessings, and may even incur punishment from Dharma protectors. Many practice traditions emphasize that reciting the mantra can be combined with visualizing the image of Yellow Jambhala or making water offerings to enhance the response.

The Meaning and Influence of Yellow Jambhala in Tibetan Buddhism

Yellow Jambhala is a wealth deity commonly worshipped by all major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug, etc.). He is an emanation of Ratnasambhava (Buddha-nature) of the South and is also associated with Vaishravana (King of the North). He has attained the status of a great Bodhisattva who has achieved the Five Paths and Ten Bhumis, possessing the dual roles of both a wealth deity and a Dharma protector.

**Meaning**:

- **Dharma Protector and Compassion**: Legend has it that when Shakyamuni Buddha was preaching the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra on Vulture Peak, demonic obstacles interfered. Yellow Jambhala appeared to protect those listening to the Dharma. Later, entrusted by the Buddha, he specifically helped impoverished beings escape poverty. This symbolizes compassionate salvation, emphasizing that wealth is a tool to benefit sentient beings and uphold the Dharma, not a source of greed.

- **Generosity and Praise**: Yellow Jambhala is depicted as golden-yellow, with a large belly and short stature. His right hand holds a wish-fulfilling jewel, his left hand holds a mongoose that vomits treasures (symbolizing the vomiting of inexhaustible wealth), and his right foot rests on a conch shell, representing abundance, stability, and the universal bestowal of wealth. Yellow symbolizes the nourishment of the earth and the growth of merit, reminding practitioners to abandon stinginess and practice generosity, using wealth as resources for spiritual practice.

- **Abundance of Both Material and Spiritual Resources**: He holds an inexhaustible treasury, symbolizing the unity of external wealth and inner wisdom, helping practitioners balance worldly and spiritual matters.

**Impact**:

- In Tibetan Buddhism, Yellow Jambhala is the foremost of the five wealth deities (yellow, white, red, green, and black), the most popular and widely practiced, commonly seen in temple offerings, thangka paintings, and personal rituals. Many lamas and practitioners practice his methods to seek wealth for spreading the Dharma and benefiting all beings.

- Influence on Tibetan culture and folk beliefs: Tibetans regard him as a deity who brings wealth and protection, similar to Zhao Gongming in Han Chinese tradition; worshipping him is believed to bring success in business and auspiciousness in the family. Practicing Yellow Jambhala reinforces the Buddhist concept of "wealth serving compassion," encouraging believers to use their earnings for charity and Dharma protection.

- In Vajrayana practice, he is one of the important deities, helping practitioners overcome obstacles of poverty and find peace on the path, embodying the Vajrayana wisdom of "transforming greed into enlightenment."

In short, the Yellow Jambhala mantra is not only a method for seeking wealth but also a bridge to compassion and wisdom, emphasizing that true practice must be based on Bodhicitta (the aspiration for enlightenment) to attain true abundance.