Video of How to use a mala beads . The significance of 108 mala. The history of mala beads. There is a text from the 4th century BCE known as the Mokugenji Sutra that tells the story of a king named #Haruri who sought #SidharthaGautama's(Buddha) teaching of a way by which the wisdom of buddhism could be shared with his people. According to the Sutra, Lord Buddha replied: King, if you want to eliminate earthly desires and to put an end to their suffering, make a circular string of 108 beads from

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