Tibetan Mala Bodhi Seed Wrist Mala Bracelet with Brass Double Dorje Vajra Charm Free Handmade Silk Pouch I just strung this bodhi seed wrist mala. The bodhi seed beads on this mala came from Bodh Gaya India where The Lord Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment. For your meditation i think it would be a special mala. These are smallest bodhi seed beads you can find these days. There are 21 bodhi seed beads and a copper double dorje Charm on this wrist mala and each bead measures 10mm. This bodhi seed mala comes with a handmade cloth bag but the color of the bags might vary. Please let me know and i will be very happy to string this with different beads too. Malas are used all over by the Buddhists around the world especially they are used in Tibet, Nepal and India. You will always see the monks as well as lay people using them while walking around the stupas or temples or monasterie A Mala is usually used for prostrations, counting mantras, and so on. It is worn on left wrist while not in use. The Dorje,The thunderbold or diamond the destroys all kinds of ignorance and itself is indestructible. The Vajra is symbolises the male principle which represents method(compassion) and held in the right hand and the bell symbolises the female principle and represents the wisdom(the emptines) and held in the left hand. Their interaction leads to the enlightenment. Also the Dorje or Vajra represents the Upaya or method and Tibetans name Vajra as "Dorje.