Silk Road Mala Necklace

the Silk Road Mala Necklace is made of Porcelain beads with a metal vintage Meru bead and metal separator. It is a fragile piece and also a little heavy. It is a statement piece with its boldness in design and stylish look. As always all Prancing Leopard Malas are unique and also unconventional.  A  is a string of 18, 27, 54 but typically 108 beads and a larger bead as the summit (Meru, Sumeru) with a Tassel which may symbolize all the good stuff like enlightenment and lotus blossom. It is a tool to help one’s mind focus on meditation to keep count of chanting, reciting or mentally repeating a mantra, which is called Japa.  Japa (or japam) means repeating or remembering a mantra (or mantram), and ajapa-japa (or ajapajapam) means constant awareness of the mantra, or of what it represents. ... In other words, it has begun to come naturally, turning into a constant awareness. (Wikipedia) The number 108 is a sacred number in Hinduism and Buddhism as well as in yoga (meditation). Renowned V