Our teacher, the Buddha, taught that we should chant mantras. Why? We do not have the fortune to meet or encounter the true Buddha immediately, but we can, and do, encounter mantras. The Buddha said that after his parinirvana, he will appear in the form of letters or words. In order to recite a mantra well and experience all its benefits, one needs an appropriate mala with all the correct characteristics.
Buddhist malas have 108 beads – one hundred for counting the number of recitations, and eight extra beads to make up for the mantras that we may have recited incorrectly. In particular, on top of these malas are three white, red, and blue beads. As taught in Lama Gongdü, a scripture by Guru Padmasambhava, these symbolise the three kayas, or enlightened bodies, in which all bodies of the Buddhas are contained. They also symbolise enlightened body, speech, and mind.
These days many different kinds of malas are available. However, it is thought that the best mala is the bodhi seed mala, as the scriptures state that mantras chanted using the bodhi seed mala will be multiplied infinitely. A bodhi seed mala can also be used for any of the four principal enlightened activities of pacifying, increasing, magnetising and subjugating. It can also be used for practices of both peaceful and wrathful deities.
It is taught that to accomplish siddhis quickly, one should have both a private and a public mala. The private mala should be taken out only when one is doing practice by oneself, and should not be touched by others, except for your teachers when you ask them to bless the mala. The public mala can be used during prayer ceremonies (or pujas) when one is out in public.
The bodhi seed beads on this mala came from India, where Lord Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment.
Diameter of seeds : 11-12mm
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