Tibetan Malas, in use and practice, a set on Flickr.
What is the secret of the real mala?
The real mala is the lama, your abbot, the Buddhist teacher.
That is the secret.
1. When you pray the mala you establish good karma which generates merit - this merit gives you an enhanced relationship with Buddhist teachers which allows you to have an excellent lama, because you understand the value.
2. When you are unable to pray your teacher continues to pray all the time. In this way s/he is still your mala.
3. When your lama establishes the white umbrella of good fortune above your temple or monastery s/he develops it based on prayers - those prayers circle above as a mala.
In these ways and many more - the lama is the mala of your heart.
In this way the Lama or Buddhist teacher is the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, but the lama is the mala as well.
Because s/he is the application of the Buddhist Dharma - like the wheel.
"Believe'? I am not sure 'believe' is a strong enough word.
Love is a better word.
I love the Buddha.
I love all the Buddhas.
I love the Buddhas of the past, present, and future.
I love the buddhas of all 10 directions.
If you believe, if you love
then you love what the Buddhas love
The Buddhas of the 3 times and 10 directions love all beings.
They love them with the Great Love!
The real mala is like the real Dharma Wheel. Why is that? ....
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