[One of a kind] Amethyst & Crystal Gradation Juzu Prayer beads for Jodo Buddhist practictioners

Amethyst & Quartz Gradation Juzu Prayer beads

Characteristics of the product

Material : Crystal, Silk cord, metal
Full length : about 22cm
Diameter : about 8.5cm (not elastic)
Head bead : about 10mm
Main beads : about 7mm

Handmade in Kyoto, Japan

This Juzu is meant for Jodo Buddhist school practictioners, so the metal piece in it is necessary.

About amethyst 

Amethyst is a February birthday stone and a gemstone for the 6th and 17th wedding anniversary. Amethyst is an healing stone, it might be helpful if

• you need to find spiritual strenght and need an help in avoiding additions and cravings.
• you are highly sensitive and easily affected by your environment or the people around you, so you need to find emotional balance. 

In Japan, Buddhists have Prayer beads (Juzu, Nenju). Kyoto is famous as a producing center of Prayer beads.

Prayer beads are a traditional tool used to count the number of times a mantra is recited, the breaths while meditating, the prostrations, or the repetitions of a buddha's name.

※ The color may differ from the actual one depending on the coloration condition of the monitor.