❖ Never made Namkhas before? You should know that:
Even 1 mistake will make your Namkha ineffective – and you’ll need to start the process again. Be attentive.
Learning how to make a Namkha is uneasy and requires true dedication. It’s direct working with one’s energy – so many frustrating and stopping your process things appear during the process – in addition to challenges of learning the method.
Enter date of birth – or date of creation of your project/initiative/event
Download the calculation. The default version is intended only for male persons.If a person is female, flip image horizontally.
If you get a calculation not for a person, but for a project/initiative/event – it can be tricky to specify its “gender”. In my case all my projects are made for a female version as they are all created by a woman.
Colors for yarn and seed syllables according to the latest edition of the “Namkha” book by C.N.Norbu (p. 2022)
How to draw seed syllables – instructions
Seed syllables can be drawn with color gel pens, color pencils or color gouache. I’ve come through evolution from the first to the last option- and like the gouache the most.
Painting seed syllables with gouache reconstructs the old-fashion way in which Bonpos would draw them – using dyes and brushes.
Gel pens are easy to start with, but not sustainable and contribute msod to plastic pollution – I don’t recommend this option – since the Namkha making is a shamanic practice.
If you’re new to the process, the compromise is using one black gel pen to draw all seed syllables – this option is valid.
Remember that for metal element and water element colors for yarn and seed syllables differ. We draw them in colors we use to visualize elements in 5 elements purification mantra.
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List of tools and materials to make a Namkha
Drawings for construction sticks with measurements
Schemes of all rhombuses with measurements
How to choose proper yarn
Notations on how to weave all rhombuses
Practical tips to make the process easier and smoother