Vintage Tibetan Praying Stone Mala Beads (108 + 3 Header beads)
Beads: White turquoise
Marker Beads: Colored turquoise
Guru Bead & Tower Bead: Tibetan Copal amber
Pendant: Bronze round wheel
Finishing Style: Colored turquoise beads
A vintage estate from old friend of mine. Made with 80 beads + 3 marker bead + spacer beads with metal donuts + guru & tower beads. No matter how you interpret it, this is a truly unique vintage piece that suits your taste.
“The golden wheel or DHARMACHAKRA (4th pic) is an attribute of many Buddhist deities and the specific emblem of Vairocana, the white Buddha of the center or east and ‘Lord of the Tathagata or Buddha Family’. It represents the Eightfold Noble Path of the Buddha.”
– The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols, Page 171
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