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107 + guru bead, does this matter that im missing a bead?

SebastianSebastian
edited February 2010 in Meditation
What the title says?

Blessings

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  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited February 2010
    Does it matter? Depends on how you look at it. A full mala has 108 beads, so yes, you are indeed missing a bead. Now you could adjust for that by just saying one more mantra (or whatever you're accumulating) on each mala. I don't think you're going to accrue negative karma because your mala is deficient. Or you could restring it and add another bead (usually beads aren't hard to find, either online or at bead stores). You should still do all 108 repetitions for each mala you accumulate (but you know that you only accumulate 100 repetitions for each mala, right? The other 8 are for mistakes). Does that help?

    Palzang
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