Fo Zhu

• An Eternal Now

  13 Apr 06, 00:29

  Originally posted by dragg:

  there are two types.
  
  one for wearing on the wrist and the other for chanting.
  
  

  All chanting beads are used for chanting. The difference is that the one worn on the neck can only be worn by monks and nuns. Lay people like us can only wear the wrist one.
• dragg

  13 Apr 06, 17:31

  i just bought a pink one at $33. 27 beads.
• nightzip

  13 Apr 06, 17:51

  so how to activate the beads? like go to temple and ask monk to pray before use?
• dragg

  13 Apr 06, 17:57

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  so how to activate the beads? like go to temple and ask monk to pray before use?

  kaiguang you mean?
  
  i dont go to that extent....
• An Eternal Now

  13 Apr 06, 19:38

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  so how to activate the beads? like go to temple and ask monk to pray before use?

  In Buddhism we dont emphasize on that. But if you really want you can ask a shi fu about it.
  
  If we use it to chant often, naturally there will be a 'ling qi' in it. Naturally it will be 'bright'... so no need to kai guang
• rahula25

  23 Apr 06, 18:59

  In Tibetan buddhism, there are some mantras are specially used to clease away the impurity of our newly bought chanting rosary.
  
  If you are a chinese mahayana practitioner, then there are no specific mantras to purify your mala. However, u can use some fresh flower water or obtain some water offered at the buddha's shrine to wash your new mala. If your mala is sadal wood, then u need not perform this. Merely reciting the any mantra or Buddha's name is already a good cleansing of your mala. Outside ritual is not important as the crucial practise is your mind.