Holding up the beads with both hands

NAMO AMITABHA BUDDHA


MANTRA

OM MA NI PAD ME HUM


Chinese dragons


The headmost crystal bead

www.foyin.com, October 20, 2006

The founder of Pasakamala Cintamani Beads is Li Zhilin in Jinyue Garden who is a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Management Sciences and is also a member of Kunming Buddhism Research association.

It took 5 years to collection these beads, and they cost millions. In this process producers not only go through misery and hardships, but also resolve countless technical barriers. Pasakamala Cintamani Beads with length of over 4,000 meters, weight of over 4,000 kilograms and number of over 84,000 beads, filled in blank of beads manufacture craftsmanship in our country, obtained several kinds of certificates from government, it also obtained the certificate of "Three B", i.e. "the longest, the weightest and the most beads", which certified by Chinness (Headquarter in Luoyang, PRC), and have declared Guinness World Record.

Pasakamala Cintamani Beads is the largest single string of beads and is also the craft beads with the most beads. The Beads is the symbol of peace, is the envoy of forming harmony between human mind and nature, and also the crystallization of wisdom that all living creature are perfect, satisfied and flexible.

The Bead carved with Buddhist sutra, Buddhist mantra, name of Buddha, lotus and so forth, On the top of the beads there is a lotus with each petal carved a word. All of six petals are "Nan Mo Buddha". The pistil is Buddhist circulate pattern, outside of petals are six English words "NAMO AMITABHA BUDDHA", on the bottom of petals are Buddhist mantra of Tibetan Buddhism "OM MA NI PAD ME HUM", and the pistil carved with symbols  means auspicious. Two Chinese dragons riding cloud round both side of the beads. The first bead of the Beads is a transparent crystal ball of 7 centimeters in diameter. There is an inner-carved lotus and a Chinese character "Wu" which means "enlightenment" in the ball. The whole beads are threaded with multicolored rope.

The gist of the Buddhist beads:

1. Buddha had the innumerable mercy to all living creatures.

2. 84,000 beads represent the universe and the living creatures in it.

3. Threading the beads mean the whole world is in mutual connection and impact, and it is the true Dharma.

4. 84,000 beads also mean that Buddhist doctrine is uncountable and universe so wide that there is neither outside nor inner.

5. The sign at the bottom of the lotus represents all things living in an auspicious condition.

6. Soaring dragons mean that they swear to keep Buddha's teaching and settle the justice in the world to benefit all living creatures. Simultaneously, the operation of Buddha's teaching resembles the dragons' adventurous and vigorous spirit, signifying that Chinese nation is the offspring of the dragon.

7. The colored rope which threading 84,000 beads represent five colors propitious ray when the Buddha attained enlightenment, and the flag of Buddhism has five colors too.

8. The five-colored rope threading beads expresses a belief that men of all races, areas, nations, colors, creeds, occupations and social classes are equal and belonged to a whole one. It also means all men in the world should be in peaceful co-existence and in coordinating development. The string of beads also means that the nature and the creatures are interdependent.

Limited by given length of the article, the all profound meaning of Pasakamala Cintamani Beads cannot be described perfectly. So the producer wishes people can explore and comprehend the significances by themselves.

As a masterpiece, the beads display the 84,000 gateways to the Dharma to the all living creatures properly, making the profound Buddhist significances concrete, expressive, popular. The beads not only playing an important role in developing harmonious society, promoting world peace, accelerating friendship among people of different countries, but also enriches the treasury of Buddhism art and craftsmanship in the world. For its grand style and prodigious influence, it should be recorded into the history of Buddhism and attracted more living beings and help them out of suffering, The beads can strengthen monks' and Buddhism learners' confidence, guiding them learn more and widen learners' realm of thought, and it can become the ties of world peace too. It creates a profound influence for the communication between Chinese religious culture and that of the world.