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Malas

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Mala: Bodhi seed, carnelian and gold-vermeil

 

Mala: Bodhi seed, coral and turquoise, with silver gau box

 

Mala: Bodhi seed, coral and gold-vermeil

Carnelian & Gold-Vermeil
- SOLD -

Coral & Turquoise
with Silver Gau Box

Coral & Gold-Vermeil

SOLD -

         

Mala: Bodhi seed, amethyst and carnelian, with silver pendant

 

Mala: Bodhi seed, lapis lazuli with silver and gold-gilt silver gau box

 

 

Amethyst & Carnelian
- SOLD -

Lapis Lazuli & Silver
with Gold-Gilt Silver Gau

 

 

 

Our Tibetan friend Yeko using a Tibetan Bodhi Seed Mala

A Mala is used for "counting" out mantras.

Traditionally, you repeat your chosen mantra, either out loud or silently, and count one bead at a time until you get to the Guru bead (the one at the top that has the thread coming out of it). When you reach the Guru bead, pause for a moment and reflect on your Guru and the intention of your mala practice, then turn the mala around and repeat the process counting back the other way. In this way you do not cross over the Guru bead.

 

When not being used to count mantras, Tibetans traditionally wear their mala around their neck or around their left wrist.

 

Traditional Tibetan Turquoise and Coral Mala worn on the wrist

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