{"product_id":"white-bodhi-lotus-108-bead-harmony-mala-necklace-bracelet","title":"White Bodhi Lotus 108-Bead Harmony Mala Necklace Bracelet","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOne hundred and eight\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mala is a loop of beads made for counting — traditionally 108, one for each breath in a round. The number isn't decorative. It exists so your hands have something to do while your attention settles, the way a metronome gives a pianist something to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is strung by hand, bead by bead. Hold it and you notice the small things: the loop falls in one clean line instead of kinking, the beads sit close without being crushed together, and the lotus sits square at the centre of the strand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhite bodhi, and why it isn't jade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite bodhi is the pale, polished seed of the bodhi tree — the tree the Buddha is said to have sat beneath until he woke up. The seed has been used for prayer beads for centuries, and \"white\" here describes its colour and finish, not a stone. It is warm in the hand, light on the wrist, and it ages: handled often, the surface slowly deepens toward ivory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo please don't treat it like jade. No soaking, no oiling, no ultrasonic cleaner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe lotus\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lotus is the flower that opens above mud. It doesn't avoid the murky water; it comes up through it, and the petals are clean on the other side. That is the whole idea, and it is why the lotus sits at the centre of the strand rather than repeating around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBodhi and lotus say one thing together: wake up, and come up through whatever you are in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo ways to wear\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a necklace, the loop hangs long, past the collarbone. As a bracelet, it goes around the wrist several times, with the lotus kept on the outside where you can see it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix by eight millimetres is the lighter option: a finer bead, easier to wear under a collar, better on a smaller wrist. Seven by nine is fuller and a little more present — it reads as jewelry from across a room, and the extra weight keeps the wrap sitting still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBodhi is a seed. Keep it dry, keep it out of the shower and the pool, and keep lotion, perfume and hair oil away from it. Store it flat rather than hanging it by the loop, and it will keep its shape for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eGiving it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a piece for someone in a season of change: a move, a recovery, a divorce, a first year somewhere new, a parent who has just been given difficult news, or a friend who is simply tired. It doesn't ask them to believe anything. It gives their hands something to hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes in a gift box, so there is nothing to wrap before you hand it over.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TaoThread","offers":[{"title":"7*9mm","offer_id":68075042373996,"sku":null,"price":33.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6*8mm","offer_id":68075042341228,"sku":null,"price":31.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1014\/1964\/7340\/files\/1_97107e01-2e31-4061-9339-a793ff5aa1ca.jpg?v=1793862387","url":"https:\/\/taothread.com\/products\/white-bodhi-lotus-108-bead-harmony-mala-necklace-bracelet","provider":"TaoThread","version":"1.0","type":"link"}