Buray Shawl in Monk Red ” and have played an

” and have played an important role in the Nyingma tradition

when the Medicine Buddha was a Bodhisattva

and one on the sole of each foot

These offerings invariably take the form of: a mirror for sight

Buray Shawl in Monk Red ” and have played an100% 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.