{"product_id":"azure-light-healing-mala","title":"Azure Light Healing Mala","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Buddha people recite to when somebody is ill is made of this stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e藥師琉璃光如來, the Medicine Buddha, translates as Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Light.\u003c\/strong\u003e The sutra describes his body as lapis the whole way through, clear inside and out, and his pure land as a country built of the same blue. He is the figure turned to over an illness, a recovery, a diagnosis that has just landed. So the blue running down this strand is not there because blue is restful. It is his light, and that is what the name means.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe guru bead is clear quartz, and you can see the cord running through it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every other mala here finishes on a stone you cannot see into. On this one the light goes straight through the bead your round ends on, which is as close as a string of beads gets to a body described as clear inside and out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the strand is lapis, deep blue with gold flecks through it and the occasional white streak. \u003cstrong\u003eThe gold is not added.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is pyrite, which grows inside lapis while the stone forms, and a lapis bead with no gold in it anywhere has usually been dyed to get there. It is the quickest way to tell the real thing from the reconstituted powder that most cheap lapis actually is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the lapis the blue runs shallow and turns. \u003cstrong\u003eTurquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e, pale blue \u003cstrong\u003echalcedony\u003c\/strong\u003e, green \u003cstrong\u003eaventurine\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the teal stone with dark veining called phoenix stone. It usually means \u003cstrong\u003echrysocolla\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the dark webbing running through it is the rock it grew in, not a crack and not a flaw. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo black onyx beads sit where the blue ends.\u003c\/strong\u003e Marker beads exist so your thumb can find its place on a strand without you looking down or counting back. On this one they fall right where the colour turns, so you feel the change and see it in the same moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA matching bracelet is included free, in four sizes.\u003c\/strong\u003e Same stones and the same run of colour, small enough to wear to work without explaining it. Worth measuring your wrist before you order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone recovering, and for anyone sitting with someone who is.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the strand people reach for during an illness, which is a different reason from wanting to feel calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWearing and using it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeft hand, one bead per breath or per recitation, thumb drawing each one toward you. When you reach the guru bead the round is finished, so turn the strand and go back rather than crossing it. If you are only wearing it, none of that applies. There is no metal anywhere on it, no clasp and no spacers, so there is nothing on it to react against skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeads:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108 plus a clear quartz guru bead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStones:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lapis lazuli, phoenix stone, turquoise, blue chalcedony, green aventurine, black onyx and clear quartz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBead size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Knotted cord with a blue silk tassel. No metal anywhere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded free:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matching bracelet, four sizes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWear:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wraps at the wrist or goes over the head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone. The gold flecking and white streaking differ on every lapis bead, and the greens vary from strand to strand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52594947752238,"sku":"200001033:361181#Necklace","price":70.42,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/lapis-chalcedony-mala-3.webp?v=1788939102","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/azure-light-healing-mala","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}