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The consecration ceremony first purifies an image in order to make it suitable for habitation by the Buddha or other deity involved. Then it invests the statue with the power and presence of that deity. Unless it has been consecrated, a statue is not considered suitable for use in religious practices.
The consecration ceremony can only be performed by a fully qualified person considered knowledgeable and proficient in all the ritual activities that need to be done; he must be stable, calm, wise, patient, honest, and without pretensions and must have received the required initiations and teachings. The deity is invited to the statue through the power of meditation, the potency of the ritual, and the devotion of the ceremony's hosts. After being invited, a deity is drawn into the statue to be consecrated, and its presence is sealed by the procedures of the ritual. The ceremony can be performed either in a monastery or in a layperson's home. It is repeated, when circumstances allow, once a year. After consecration the image must be kept clean and the spirit of consecration kept alive through the religious study and practice of those around it (Sharpa Tulku and Perrott 1985).
The ritual can be used to consecrate any representation of the Buddha's body, speech, and mind. The Buddha's body is most often represented by statues or paintings, speech by scriptures, and enlightened mind by a stupa (choten).
[Extract from JAIC 1991, Volume 30, Number 1, Article 3 (pp. 13 to 34)]
In KKBC, only metal images are accepted for consecration. A qualified lama will help to perform this service. Rinpoche will bless the statues after consecration if he is available.
Materials such as incense, medicinal or purifying plants such as saffron are used in consecration, as well as relevant scriptures for the particular statue being consecrated.
These incur expense and the consecration therefore needs to be paid for.
The prices for this services are detailed below:
装藏仪式里首先会净化佛像，让佛像适合被佛或菩萨安住。这佛像就会有那尊佛或菩萨的威德。除非已经被装藏，不然佛像是不适合用在修持上。
装藏仪式只能让有资格的人主持，他必须精通所有的仪式步骤，并且具有稳定，平静， 忍耐的心；智慧以及老实无虚假的性格。他也必须已经接受了所须的灌顶以及口传。经过静坐，仪轨修持以及修持者的虔诚之心，佛菩萨被邀请安住佛像。
仪式可在佛堂或信徒的家里举行。若情况允许，仪式应该每年举行一次。装藏过后，佛像必须保持洁净，并且信徒应该通过佛法修持来维持装藏的加持力。
在噶玛迦如佛教中心，只接受用金属做的佛像送来做装藏。有资格的喇嘛会进行佛像装藏。若仁波切在中心，他可为佛像做加持。由于装藏需要香，药材，净化的植物如番红花；以及印经文放入佛像，所以必须付费用。
| Height of Statue 佛像高度 |
Fee for Members 会员费用 |
Fee for Non-members 非会员费用 |
| 6 inches and below 六寸及六寸以下 | $45 | $60 |
| 7 to 9 inches 七至九寸 | $60 | $75 |
| 10 to 12 inches 十至十二寸 | $75 | $90 |
| 13 to 15 inches 十三至十五寸 | $90 | $105 |
| 16 to 18 inches 十六至十八寸 | $105 | $120 |
| 19 inches and above 十九及十九寸以上 | 每寸 $8 per inch | 每寸 $12 per inch |
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