Mala in Zen Practice

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I haven't seen beads used in any Zen sangha.

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They are essentially counting aid for concentration, you basically count them as you chant say "Amitabha", the Heart Sutra or any mantra, for example 108 times. For the technologically minded, it can be even substitute with an electronic counter.

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📝 Life and why we (mankind ) exist
📝 Why don't some buddhists believe in karma and rebirth?
📝 Is Yiguandao teachings part of buddhism?
📝 Attention to itching makes me unable to focus on anything else
📝 Why do so many traditions and religions have saint men who claim having attained enlightenment?
📝 Are the 16 stages of Insight mentioned by the Buddha in the early Pali texts or are they a later addition to the Dharma?
📝 How can Nama-rupa of Dependent Arising be same as Five Aggregates?
📝 What's the "wise" answer when the epistemic distance is important?
📝 Lord Yama's identity
📝 Is "To Forgive is the only way to forget" an authentic quote of the Buddha?
📝 What does Buddhism say about the "self"?
📝 Was the Buddha harsh?
📝 Automatic body scanning? What is happening here?
📝 Does not keeping a promise violate the precept on lying? What if I promised myself?
📝 The commonly acceptable hypotheses/theories among scholars to explain how come Prajñāpāramitā sutra have existed so early as about 75 CE?
📝 Should a person never lie?
📝 Pali Canon support for living on the edge between all dualities?
📝 How do you handle when someone tries to instill guilt in you?
📝 Vegetarianism in Buddhism on different schools
📝 Mindfulness with Pride, Anger, Hatred
📝 How does the Buddha define "atheist"?
📝 Girimananda sutta
📝 If a living being is not self aware than can he experience suffering or pleasure?
📝 Can there be "one day becoming a fully-awakened Buddha" after Parinibbana?
📝 Should Lay Buddhists Teach the Dhamma?
📝 What does Buddhism say about success?
📝 Thoughtforms in Buddhism
📝 Is stream entry in 20 or 30 years of practice realistic?
📝 Why mara wants to distract
📝 Sinhala translation of commentaries and subcommentaries

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