Saturday, March 25, 2006

My first homemade mala

One of my hobbies is beading and jewelry-making. I find it therapeutic, in a way that I did not really understand until I started studying Buddhism.

Well, last night I received a handful of guru beads that I had ordered off the Internet. Inspired and excited, I constructed my first mala from black waxed linen thread, a carnelian guru bead, 6mm red tigereye beads, orange seed beads as "spacers," a single white potato pearl and a 3/4" plastic "mandala" bead:


I think for the first time, I have invested my artistic energies into a creation of spiritual importance to me. I hope that by creating Buddhist art I can create joy for myself and others.

Namaste.

4 comments:

They call him James Ure said...

I too am excited to see the picture. It sounds lovely. I too seem to be heading into using my art for painting Buddhist themes/figures.

iDharma said...

Well, I just posted the pic. Forgive the poor quality of the photo. I hope you can see some of the detail. I love tigereye quartz - it's almost hypnotic in its beauty.

Anonymous said...

Where can I place my order?

Guatyen said...

yayy!!! it's beautful! good for you. happy for you!