Mala Bracelet-Green Agate Lotus Bodhi Root

• 8 mm Agarwood Beads: healing, calming, harmony. 
• 6 mm Green Agate Stones: healing
• 5mm Bodhi Seed Root Bead.
• Lotus Charm: enlightenment, self-regeneration, and rebirth
• Mala Prayer Bracelet
• 2* Wrap Bracelet.
• Length: 26".
• Culture: Buddhist

Bodhi seeds derive their bountiful benefits and meaning from the source, the Bodhi Tree, and its legendary association with the Buddha. Sanskrit texts cite the Bodhi Tree in India as the place of the Buddha’s first achieving enlightenment. Commonly used in Malas or meditation bracelets crafted with Bodhi seeds or beads to adorn arms or assist in reciting mantras for meditation, similar to prayer beads on a rosary.

Malas are found throughout the Indian traditions. The Sanskrit word mālā means garland: flowers were traditionally strung together on a continuous loop or thread.

When we speak about Buddhist malas, we refer to strings of beads. Buddhist practitioners use them to count mantra recitations and prayers.

Traditionally, a mala contains 108 beads. We count  one hundred beads as the number of recitations, and then we add eight extra beads to make up for the mantras that we may have recited incorrectly.