Soto 108 beads Lignum Vitae Wood With Dushan Jade Juzu Prayer Beads
JUA150Soto 108 beads Lignum Vitae Wood With Dushan Jade Juzu Prayer Beads Japanese Traditional Buddhist Rosary
Material : Lignum Vitae Wood, Dushan Jade, Silk cord
Diameter: about 33cm
Main beads: about 8mm
Head bead: about 11mm,15mm
Wood Box: about 25cm
Handmade in Kyoto, JAPAN
This is the 108 beads Soto sect buddhist rosary.
About lignum vitae
Lignum vitae comes from Latin and means "tree of life" or "wood of life" because of its wide range of medicinal uses. This wood is one of the heaviest and the hardest and its durability makes it perfect for a multiplicity of uses. It has the feature of changing color to a deeper green.
About Dushan Jade
Dushan Jade is a beautiful gemstone mined from Dushan Mountain in Nanyang City, Henan Province, China. Ranging from semi-translucent to opaque, it resembles jade in appearance.In recent years, Dushan Jade has been frequently used in the making of prayer beads and bracelets. It has a different texture and color than Jade and Indian Jade.
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.
※ It takes about 2～3 weeks to make this rosary.
※ The color may differ from the actual one depending on the coloration condition of the monitor.
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