About Meditation Mala: A mala is a string of 108 beads with one bead as the summit bead,wearing the necklace around your neck or wrapped around your wrist can also be a physical reminder throughout the day of your manta and to be mindful. It is a tool used to keep your mind on the meditation practice. Malas are generally made from different materials. Each type of material has certain properties which subtly affect the subconscious mind of the practitioner. Mala Beads are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity. In Tibetan Buddhism, traditionally malas of 108 beads are used. Doing one 108-bead mala counts as 100 mantra recitations, the extra repetitions done to amend any mistakes in pronunciation or other faults of recitation. By using the Mala: Meditation can be quite a tricky practice because the mind is like a naughty child. By its very nature, the mind tends to wander off during the meditation practice. If ones energy is low at the time of meditation, falling asleep can result. If the energy is too high, fantasy and distraction become the barriers. At such times, the mala provides the much needed anchor. The mala beads are moved in rhythm with the breath and the mantra, so that both-sleep as well as excessive mental distraction-are prevented by this action upon the beads.
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