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What is Mala ?
Mala is a Sanskrit word and meaning is “garland” and is a type of rosary used in India and East Asia. A mala is also called as a mindfulness bead. A traditional Mala comprised of 108 beads and together it come with a main head bead for starting point.
The meaning of mala bead is called “ Phreng ba” in Tibetan is to arrange in order, or to string many beads together one after the other to form a rosary or garland. The essence , or nature of a mala is Samaya (vow ) substance used for keeping count of mantras or alternatively , one of the wisdom deity’s hand implements.
Its purposes are beyond count. For example, it helps one to attain the power of perfect recall and to swiftly accomplish the activities of pacifying , increasing, magnetizing and subjugating. This being so, it is taught that it is very important for practitioners endowed with Samaya (vows) to keep and use a mala whose material and number of beads are in accord with the section of tantra (secret practices) they are practicing.
These are some of the general information when one should consider it before having the mala bead:
1) Material
2) Number of beads
3) The string
4) How to hold the mala
5) The head or the main bead
6) The commitments connected to them
When we start to recite mantras or prayer, we always used to keep count while chanting a mantra. The mala bead is held in the left hand and place the mala on your index finger, according to the Tibetan tradition methods.
A repetition is said for each bead. When the practitioner comes full circle to the head or main bead, the sequence is reversed. Malas are traditionally made of materials such as the rosewood, fragrant sandalwood, Bodhi or lotus seeds, crystal pearl , turquoise and yak bone or even human skull made mala for special ritual ceremonies and tantra practices as described in the Tibetan secret Buddhist scripture.
Finally, The mala reflects the joining of the individual and meditation in a striving toward enlightenment.
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Meditation and praying helps a lot.
PEEUSH TRIKHA,
Yes indeed, meditation and prayers both are very important for our daily practice.
Thank you for your feedback.
I am interested in it, though I am a Catholic; but I have one, a Santosha garland composed of 108 beads. I recite gratefulness whenever I use it. It calms and relaxes me! Thanks for the additional information about mala beads.
I don't have one of the beads but I am praying a lot. Respect is most important when it comes to religion. Nobody must be defined by their teachings or anything they believed in. This gives me an info that India is also using the beads like the Chinese and Thailanders even Filipinos use that but I don't know if the beads are 108 in counting. Thanks for the information.