Use Of Mala For Meditation

Mala is nothing but a combination of 108 beads in a thread that can be used for prayer or meditation. It is also commonly referred as meditation mala or japa mala. It normally gets used for counting the number of mantra chanting during meditation by maintaining their concentration. The use of mala is very much common and popular in many of the regions for spiritual purpose.

The mala can be of various forms depending on the beads such as Rudraksha, Tulsi, Sandalwood and crystal beads. Mala made up of various form of beads carries various different healing properties along with them and it leaves very subtle effects on sub-conscious mind of an individual. The mala is consists of 109 beads in which the 109^th bead is termed as the guru bead that distinguish the first and the last beads while meditation. The usual way of using this mala for meditation is holding it in the right hand in between the middle finger and thumb.  The user can rotate the mala by crossing each bead after every single mantra chanting and for repeating the chanting one should not cross the Guru bead, they can repeat the chanting by going in the reverse manner.

Purpose Of Tulsi Mala

There are various forms of mala that has been getting used for spiritual cum meditative purpose since ages. Tulsi mala is also one such mala, which is considered as the most scared and auspicious for prayer purpose by many people. Tulsi mala usually consists of 108 Tulsi beads and one additional bead called as Sumeru. Center Bead can be of either Tulsi or any other beads.

Purpose of using Tulsi Mala:

Meditation is one of the most difficult things to do in as our mind keeps on running here and there, due to this the much required peace and concentration lacks during meditation. It has been noticed that if energy flow during the meditation is low it normally leads to falling asleep whereas if the energy is too high it keeps on distracting us. This causes hurdles during the time of meditation. In such case the most scared Tulsi mala helps in keeping a proper balance of our energy flow. The beads of the mala needs to be moved with every mantra chanting from the very first bead in the mala after sumeru till the 108^th bead before sumeru bead. Its very important that while repeating the mantra chanting never cross of jump the Guru bead, instead you can go back in the reverse direction with every mantra chant.