Tibetan Mala 10mm Lapis Lazuli Guru Bead for Meditation This listing is for a Lapis Lazuli Guru bead. There are two beads one is three holed guru bead and the cap for the guru bead. The guru bead measures 10mm. Please let us know with question Malas are usually used for meditation, saying mantras, prostrations and so on. Wrist malas are specially used for prostration to count. When you do prostration, you wear on your palm under your thumb and do prostration While the mala is not in use you wear on your left wrist. You can usually see people with malas in Tibet, Nepal and India specially around those stupas or monasteries.