Malas: How to use Tibetan Prayer Beads

Go to: www.yowangdu.co... for a full article on how to use malas. Lobsang Wangdu discusses how Tibetans use malas (trengwa in Tibetan). You can also find posts on Tibetan food, Tibet travel and Tibetan Buddhism at the site: www.yowangdu.com.

[@suryadas6987]

I realize that most of these comments are very old and people seem to thrown off by the use of the right hand for mala but for the Tibetans there is really no fast rule for which hand to use just as wearing the mala beads on the wrist. You will see monks and lamas wear their malas on the right wrist as well. Typically you will see left hand use for both but really it is personal preference unless of course for certain tantra that call for a specific hand otherwise then just do as your lama/guru instructs you to do if you don't have teacher then just use the hand you feel comfortable using. Thank you for all the so nice videos! 😃📿🕉️🙏🕉️📿

[@lello5100]

I think there’s a reason why lama/gurus can use the right as well as the left and why we should use the left hand. If you want to follow dharma or teachings it will almost always be the left otherwise do as you wish…

[@ktkungfutaichi]

I ve learned buddhism Kagyu Lineage in Argentina 🇦🇷 and we use our left hand too in mantra meditation. But it seems you can use right hand too. Contratos foto the video. 👌🙏

[@NOVIAURAH]

Cool, you should post more I like learning about different cultures.

[@mikemorehead8529]

Have 2 mala beads

[@Phjghh]

Please tell where to tie that dorje and bell. At what section, after how many beads? I have a plain mala without dorje and bell.

[@MinsterGames]

21,25,or 27 bead

[@evaleyst]

Yes, left hand and in a giving direction, outward. That's how I learnt from my lama.

[@lobsangwangdu7184]

Eva Maria Thanks for this Eva. Tibetans do both. It's common to use the trengwa in the left hand when you have a manilago (small prayer wheel) in your right hand. Otherwise it is popular to do either.

[@Phjghh]

@@lobsangwangdu7184 You mean maniལག་འཁོར།

[@suryadas6987]

The beads are always drawn towards the self in Buddhism and Hinduism. Not sure who your lama is but pushing the beads outward is unheard of in these traditions.

[@chrystelledufour9265]

Gratitude infinie 💞 🙏

[@nadjafilgueira5266]

Hello, to make a Japamala, we can mix the stones or it has to be one color only until the 108.

[@michaelcarter5461]

Where can I find a mala like the one in the video?

[@YoWangdu]

We got that one in Dharamsala, India.

[@mavrick23]

@@YoWangdu can i order this online

[@mavrick23]

how can i buy the original mala?

[@yolandaobannon5895]

Hi Sid, We got this mala somewhere in Dharamsala, India. Sorry we don't know where you can buy online...

[@mavrick23]

@@yolandaobannon5895 that's sad ya.. I stay in india but I don't knw where to order from

[@twoeser5528]

till now I've been wondering n seeing some people using n saying that v Hav to do it only with left hand. but some day right hand ...lill confuse here...

[@YoWangdu]

Hi Konichiwa. Normally people use the mala in the left, but really it's okay either way. We don't believe there is a rule about it.

[@freetibet238]

left hand normally? thats how I do and see others do

[@nabinraii]

For buddhist you must use your left hand as it directly connects to heart.

[@toddbaker1425]

You don't count with your first finger, you use the second finger and thumb.

[@YoWangdu]

Hi Todd. Tibetans all do it a little differently. There’s no hard rule. May you be well.

[@Jame629]

Excellent to find this comment I get really afraid of touching my mali with index finger . I'll have to research because its Tibetan mantras I'm wanting to learn most thank u

[@ktkungfutaichi]

Sorry, congrats for the video!

[@karungalimalai383]

I am sending wholesale red sandal wood pray

[@atakhawjay116]

hello.... how you right hand can use the mala , actually it can be used left hand ha ha ha ..... how funny