Make your own Prayer Beads

While many of our customers enjoy purchasing prayer beads that are already made and wearing them, some practitioners like to purchase the beads instead and make their own prayer beads. For instructions on how to make your own prayer beads, please check out our article, How to make Prayer Beads.

Bodhi Seed Prayer Beads offers many different types of beads and accent beads to make your own mala. Accent beads can be used as spacer beads, to help you keep track of where you are in your rotation, or as guru beads, that help you keep track of how many times you have gone around the mala. Another popular item when you are making a mala are counter beads, in our prayer beads accessories section.

Here are some examples of our loose beads...

Turquoise and Coral Bead

This bead is made from turquoise, coral, and the metal is copper. This bead is 18 mm wide and it was handmade in Nepal. This is a beautiful and popular bead.



Rudraksha Seed Bead

This bead is very popular to use for the majority of the beads on the mala. Rudraksha seeds are very coarse to the touch, and these beads are 7 mm wide. Rudraksha seeds are very popular material for making malas.



And here is an example of our mala counters...

Leather and Copper Dorje Mala Counter
This mala counter is made from leather, and the dorje and the beads are made from copper and other metals. This mala counter was handmade in Nepal.



Making your own prayer beads helps make your mala personalized and special to you, and this in turn can enhance your meditation experience.