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 Tibetan Buddhist Wooden Prayer Beads Mala Bracelet with Hemp Om Bag Sale Price: $13.99  Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionThis Tibetan Buddhist wrist mala is made from wooden beads. There is an elastic cord in the center of the bracelet. This bracelet can fit any size of wrist. This Tibetan Buddhist wrist mala was handmade in Nepal...  |
 Black Wood Rosary Bead Beads Necklace With Cross / Crucifix Sale Price: $9.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionBeautiful rosary wooden bead necklace with cross. The rosary circle measures 60cm around with a 14cm drop to the wood cross. The cross is approx. 4cm long. Suitable for both a man and a woman. |
 Elastic Olive wood religious bracelet with Silver tone Jerusalem Cross *** packed as a gift with special Certificate of Authenticity and origin and a FREE Lord's Prayer gift card Sale Price: $14.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionAn olive wood bracelet made with round (4 and 8 mm) olive wood beads. Has a silver tone Jerusalem Cross engraved with Jerusalem on back. Threaded using an elastic thread. *** packed as a gift with special Certificate of Authenticity and origin and a FREE Lord's Prayer gift card |
 The Vatican Library Collection Silver-Tone Large Beads Rosary Sale Price: $38.00 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionInspire a look of faith when wearing the Vatican Library Collection Silver-Tone Large Beads Rosary. This beautiful piece creates a look of long, tranquility over your outfit when worn by a devout and passionate person... |
 Sterling Silver May Emerald Birthstone Angel Wing Necklace Jewelry Gift Boxed w/Chain 18" (Including Lobster Claw) Gift Boxed Catholic Christian Prayer Beads Gemstone Birthday Patron Saint St. Miraculous Medal Relic Sale Price: $49.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionSterling Silver Cubic ZirconiaMay Emerald BirthstoneAngel Necklace attached to a 18"sterling silver curb chain and bevel. |
 Full Length Rosary with Crucifix and Prayer Beads Made with Black Hematite - Special Design List Price: Sale Price: $9.99 You save: $10.00 (50%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionThis is beautiful full length rosary in a special design, made with black hematite beads and hematite crucifix. Use for prayer or as a necklace. Hematite is said to be a strong grounding stone and a protecting stone... |
 5mm Silver Plated Rose Beads Rosary Rosaries Women's Rosaries Miraculous Medal Patron Saint St. Prayer Beads Catholic Christian Religious Necklace Sale Price: $39.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days |
 Roman Beaded Bracelet Serenity Prayer St. Francis of Assisi Courage Wisdom Sale Price: $14.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionThe beads of the bracelet will guide you through the Serenity prayer, given to us by St. Francis of Assisi and providing us a path to strength and peace. Let this Serenity prayer bracelet be a reminder of God's love and support during these difficult times... |
 Beautiful Natural Wooden Bead Rosary Bead Beads Jesus Necklace With Cross / Crucifix - Tan Colour Sale Price: $14.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionBeautiful natural wooden bead rosary bead beads Jesus necklace with cross / crucifix ? TAN COLOUR. This really is a beautiful wooden rosary beads necklace with a wooden cross. The rosary beads circle measures 66cm around with a 14cm drop to the wood crucifix... |
 Hematite Bead Necklace With Hematite Cross / Crucifix - C Sale Price: $9.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionBeautiful hematite bead necklace with cross / crucifix. Will fit a maximum neck circumference of 19" (44cm). Fits will a screw clasp and is NOT ADJUSTABLE. |
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Prayer Beads, A Summary
Prayer beads were first used in Hinduism, and they are known in Hinduism as japa mala. Prayer beads are also used in Christianity, both by Catholics to say the rosary, and also by Eastern Christians. Bahai's also sometimes use prayer beads to recite 95 times per day. In Buddhism prayer beads are often used, often called the Buddhist rosary, and the number of prayer beads varies with different forms of Buddhism. A strand of prayer beads is called a mala, and the word mala literally means garland or strand.
In Hinduism, where prayer beads began, a mala contains 108 beads. This number, 108, is significant for many reasons. 108 is mathmatically significant because it is divisible by its function. Hindu deities also have 108 names, and these names are often recited during religious ceremonies. Krishna is also said to have danced with 108 "gopis", cow-herd girls, and later to have married 16,108 wives.
Buddhist prayer beads often have 108 beads as well, and the number 108 is significant in Tibetan Buddhism because there are 108 sins. Tibetan Buddhists often use prayer beads with 111 beads, calculating 100 beads as one mala, with 11 beads left over for errors. In China and Japan Buddhist practitioners also use malas with 27 beads. Malas with 27 beads, or wrist malas, are typically used for prostration. Prostration is where the practitioner works out the strains in the mind and the things that the mind tries to hold onto, anger, greed, jealousy, and so forth.
Typically prayer beads were made from Rudraksha seeds and Tulsi stem. In Buddhism prayer beads are often also made from Bodhi seeds because it is believed that the Bodhisattva first reached enlightenment underneath a Bodhi tree. Prayer beads are often also made from sandalwood, jade, turquoise, plastic, and other materials.
Prayer beads are used by passing one's finger over each bead in the mala, and saying a prayer or a mantra as your finger passes each bead. The power of Buddhist prayer beads is awakened through prayer and meditation. As you use prayer beads during meditation and think over the words as you say or think them, then each bead becomes significant to you in your heart. Prayer beads are a tool in making you feel closer in your mind to your deity. You should look at your mala with love and let it remind you of the commitment you have made to renounce those things in your life which bind you. Prayer beads are not powerful unless you use them and connect them to your mantras or prayers.
After you begin using prayer beads, treat them as you would any sacred object. Don't place your prayer beads on the floor, and keep them in a safe place. Prayer bead bags are often used to store prayer beads in a safe place, and a bag will also prevent tangling or kinking of the string used for your prayer bead mala.
Prayer beads should not be passed around after they are used for meditation. Do not allow anyone else to handle your prayer beads after you have used them in prayer or meditation, because this will make the prayer beads less significant for your meditation practice.
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