Soap Berry Mala Necklace, 12mm Soap Nut, 108 Mala Beads, Natural Premium Quality, Meditation Mala, Prayer Beads, Japa Mala, Mantra Mala

Soap Berry is “ The origin of Buddhist Malas“.
Malas did not appear in the Buddhist tradition until sometime after the rise of the Mahayana (The Great Vehicle) in Asia. The first citation of the use of prayer beads occurs in the Soapberry Tree Sutra (Chinese: Mahuanzi; Japanese: Mokugenji). In this sutra, King Vaidurya of the kingdom of Nanda is beset with great conflicts: enemy attacks, diseases, etc. He begs the Buddha to give him a simple practice to help bring ease to his mind and to pacify the external discord. The Buddha tells him to string 108 seeds from the Soapberry tree (Sapindus saponaria) and recite the threefold refuge prayer: taking refuge in the Buddha as example, in the Dharma, the body of truth, and in the Sangha, the community of practitioners.

This powerful protective mala is made of 108/12mm plus 1 hand picked natural premium quality soap berries from China, the beads show hint of dark red in brighter light and get redder with use over time. The most common sizes of soap berry are 13-15mm, smaller beads usually cost more.

Made with genuine material - only genuine material have the healing properties

All my products are made with high quality beads from reliable sources and I take care to cleanse them and treat them with respect while I make the mala. Gemstones have their own vibrations, but also pick up energy as they are worn and used. I recommend cleansing your bracelet in the sun or moon light, also you can using sound vibration to clean your crystals such as religion or meditation music.
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Soapberry Tree Sutra

Once upon a time there was a ruler named Boliuli. He said to the Buddha, “Since my country is small and located in a remote region so far removed from teachers and monks, I have always felt insecure. The Dharma is deep and it seems impossible for a person here to practice and achieve everything. Please, teach me the core of the Dharma.”
The Buddha replied, “If you want to remove mental defilements, make a set of beads by piercing a hole through one hundred and eight soapberry tree seeds, string them on a thread, and carry it with you where-ever you go. Recollect the names of the Three Treasures: ‘Namo Buddha, Namo Dharma, Namo Sangha,’ and upon completing each repetition of this phrase, move one of the beads from one side of your finger to the other, and in this way you will gradually reach one thousand times and even ten thousand times. And if you feel no mental or bodily disturbance, then you will be able to leave your life and be reborn in the Yama Heaven. When you reach the number of one million times, you should be able to remove one hundred and eight delusion-bound karma and thereby realize the fruit of eternal bliss.”
The king replied that he would practice as such…