
Also, what is the significance of 27 beads? My juzu has 27 onyx beads. There are also three "pearls" but I think I can guess as to what they represent (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha).
Thanks!
~kendali
FWIW, the one that HHDL presented to a (male) friend of mine years and years ago has a turquoise-blue tassel on it. ::shrugs:: Seems to me if that's all right with HHDL, then other males can have tassels on theirs too.PadmaVonSamba wrote:Traditionally, a buddhist mala (sanskrit="garland") has 108 beads. Divide by 4 and you have 27.
I don't know anything about tassles.
I'll use mine and peruse their gift shop afterwards.Lay peoples’ juzu have 27 beads, 2 marker beads and a parent or ‘Buddha bead’ that has a special tassle-string. The tassle-string consists of a large loop and two ‘end’ pieces. The loop is seen to represent the cycle of birth & dying (samsara); and the end strings represent the ‘cutting’ or severing of the cycle of birth & dying (nirvana). (On womens’ and priests’ onenju there is often a more elaborate tassel). The formal juzu sometimes used by Jodo shin priests has 108 main beads and two ‘oyadama’ parent beads.
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