Wooden kanglings

The tradition of wooden kanglings has existed in Bhutan for centuries —— and we have begun to make them in order to be able to travel internationally with them.

Real human bone femurs can be confiscated in certain counties and so having a travelling kangling is a valuable possibility for those who travel regularly.

As an international sangha — our sangha members often travel to retreats in each other’s countries: Britain, America, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Bhutan.

Lama Bar-ché Dorje’s student Nando Friedmann makes these marvellous kanglings. They are visually indistinguishable from femurs — but are about half the weight; so one would only know if one was familiar with the weight of a bone kangling.