Black wire counter

Product Code: G12

A small metal counter  shaped like a vajra pestle and a bell is clipped onto a string of 108 beads to count the number of mantra recitations.

This is the pair of wisdom and skillful means , the minimum symbol of Tantric Buddhism.

• Vajra (diamond scepter) → means, great power, firmness.

• The bell (Ghanta) → wisdom, emptiness.

• The pair of counting symbols represents the unification of wisdom – the means in all practice.

How to use

• Attach the diamond pestle hook to the right side of the main (Guru) bead.

• Attach the bell hook to the left side of the main bead (Guru).

• Diamond pestle hook: used for counting in tens (10, 20, 30,…)

• Bell-shaped counting: used for counting units from 1 to 10 small beads.

• When you have moved all 10 small beads on the pestle hook  → you have completed 1080 mantra variations . Then switch to the pestle hook to move 1 bead on it to calculate the tens digit (10 × 1080 = 10,800 variations).

→ Highly suitable for practice in Ngondro or other deity practices.