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2. Japamala - Wikipedia

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   One source even mentions a mala with 1080 beads. [3] Many malas will have a 109th bead which is variously called the guru bead, mother bead (Japanese: boju), parent bead, Buddha bead, Sumeru bead, or bindu bead. It is often larger, more elaborate, or of a distinctive material or colour. [4] [2] Some malas also have a secondary larger or more ...

3. Tiger's eye - Wikipedia

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   Tiger's eye (also called tiger eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock with a golden to red-brown colour and a silky lustre.As members of the quartz group, tiger's eye and the related blue-coloured mineral hawk's eye gain their silky, lustrous appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that have mostly turned into limonite.

4. Buddhist symbolism - Wikipedia

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   Buddhist prayer beads (mala), which originated in India as a way to count prayers or mantras and commonly have 108 beads. [81] The wish fulfilling tree (kalpavriksha) The fly-whisk, which is a tool to drive away insects and thus symbolizes non-harming (ahimsa). [82] Yantra.

5. List of jewellery types - Wikipedia

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6. Prayer beads - Wikipedia

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   In Tibetan Buddhism malas are also 108 beads: one mala counts as 100 mantras, and the eight extra are meant to be dedicated to all sentient beings (the practice as a whole is dedicated at its end as well). In Tibetan Buddhism, often larger malas are used; for example, malas of 111 beads. When counting, they calculate one mala as 100 mantras and ...

7. The must-see documentaries of 2024 - AOL

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   In a year in which it seemed every great luminary got a moment under the documentary lens, it can be a bit difficult to parse out which were must-see. This list will have you covered.