Tendai Ohira Bodhi Seed Wood & Jade Juzu Prayer beads

Tendai Ohira Juzu Japanese Bodhi seed wood & Jadeite Prayer beads Kyoto Buddhism Zen dhyāna

Material : Bodhi seed wood, Silk cord (not stretch)
Length : about 30cm
Head bead : about 20mm
Main beads : about 16mm
Disciple beads : about 8-9mm
Tassel balls : about 19mm

Handmade in Kyoto, JAPAN

The Bodhi Tree or Bodhi Fig Tree ("tree of awakening" is a large and ancient sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa, also called the Bo Tree, located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher who became known as the Buddha, is said to have attained enlightenment or Bodhi.In religious iconography, the Bodhi Tree is recognizable by its heart-shaped leaves, which are usually prominently displayed.

This Prayer beads is Tendai's one. 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. It's also famous as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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, breaths while meditating, counting prostrations, or the repetitions of a buddha's name.

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