Guest guest Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Just my style, but.. I string ALL my beads mouth-mouth and tail- tail... even the spacers. Love, K. , "Tiina" <xenamacbeal> wrote: > Dear Friends I'm truly sorry for troubling you again with another > question and thank you for your patience. (I'm re-stringing my mala > again, must be a record mala-breaker...this time it disintegrated > during a Navaratri puja we had with our friends. It broke between > Gauri Shankar and the Meru bead, 1 mukhi) > The question is as follows: > If in a Siddha Mala, you use 5 mukhis as spacers I wonder if they are > strung mouth-to-mouth and tail-to-tail with the big beads: > (tail) big bead (mouth) - (mouth) little bead (tail) - (tail) big > bead (mouth) > or so that the mouth-to-mouth applies only to the big beads and the > small beads are considered as spacers only. > big bead (mouth) - little bead - (mouth) big bead. > > Thank you > and > Happy continuing Navaratri > > Tiina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 You know, working on your mala is an excellent meditation, and a primo was to begin interlacing your energies with those of the beads. Love, K. , "Tiina" <xenamacbeal> wrote: > Thank you Kariji, I asked Miss Neeta too and yes you are right: > that's the way it's supposed to be, only with very small beads it's > sometimes hard to tell, which is the mouth and which is the tail... > So - on with the beadwork ! (I'm getting very good at this... an hour > and done !) > Love > Tiina > > - In , "karisprowl" > <karisprowl@e...> wrote: > > Just my style, but.. I string ALL my beads mouth-mouth and tail- > > tail... even the spacers. > > > > Love, K. > > > > , "Tiina" > > <xenamacbeal> wrote: > > > Dear Friends I'm truly sorry for troubling you again with another > > > question and thank you for your patience. (I'm re-stringing my > > mala > > > again, must be a record mala-breaker...this time it disintegrated > > > during a Navaratri puja we had with our friends. It broke between > > > Gauri Shankar and the Meru bead, 1 mukhi) > > > The question is as follows: > > > If in a Siddha Mala, you use 5 mukhis as spacers I wonder if they > > are > > > strung mouth-to-mouth and tail-to-tail with the big beads: > > > (tail) big bead (mouth) - (mouth) little bead (tail) - (tail) big > > > bead (mouth) > > > or so that the mouth-to-mouth applies only to the big beads and > > the > > > small beads are considered as spacers only. > > > big bead (mouth) - little bead - (mouth) big bead. > > > > > > Thank you > > > and > > > Happy continuing Navaratri > > > > > > Tiina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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