27cm Tendai Keyaki Wood Juzu Prayer beads

Tendai Juzu Japanese Keyaki wood Prayer beads Kyoto Buddhism Zen dhyāna

Characteristics of the product

Material: Keyaki wood, Silk cord (not stretch)
Head bead: about 17mm
Main beads: about 13mm
Disciple beads: about 8mm
Length: about 27cm
Tassels: Odamaki Bonten tassels (Dark yellow)

Handmade in Kyoto, JAPAN

About keyaki 

Keyaki (Japanese zelkova) is a species of tree native to Japan. It is often grown as an ornamental tree and used in bonsai. It is renowned in Japan and used for furniture.

About this juzu

This Prayer beads is for the Tendai Buddhist school. Tendai is a school of Mahayana Buddhism in Japan, a descendant of the Chinese Tiantai or Lotus Sutra school. A center of Japanese Tendai "Enryaku-ji temple" is on Mount Hiei, Northern Kyoto, recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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

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

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