Jasper was once known as the warriors stone, associated with the virtues of loyalty, inner strength, and courage. Some know it as the protection gem, giving shy people the courage to speak up and security and peace to the emotionally fragile. Fancy jasper is a blend of earth tones, forest green, dark honey brown, rich mauve, and cream.
We string our Bahai Prayer Beads with 95 semi-precious stones plus 5 counter beads. Since we use them ourselves, we string the beads loosely. This way they pass easily between your fingers as you pray.
Each set of prayer beads comes with a copy of the Gift of Prayers as well as a fold-out instruction sheet. This contains common prayers, a pronunciation guide and an explanation of some of the many ways to use prayer beads. The set comes packaged in a velvet, drawstring pouch.
The beads are 6mm round which makes the strand about 22-23″ inches in circumference. This allows them to double as a necklace for people who wear a small hat size.
The care and craftsmanship we put into stringing the beads mirrors the delicate beauty of the beads. Each stone is like a little work of art with God’s signature shining out. The moderate price for a hand-crafted item makes them excellent gift. Think of prayerbeads as gifts for special occasions like birthdays, Holy Days, anniversaries, graduations, or when someone becomes a Bahá’Ã.
The quality is unconditionally guaranteed, but please read the description of the size of the bead and the length of the strand because there is a 10% restocking fee if they are returned because they aren’t the size you expected.
Click here for an article by a Baha’i about some of the many benefits of saying the Greatest Name 95 times.
Richard Young –
Prayer beads are both beautiful and very useful. It’s much easier to focus meditation using prayer beads than with any other counting system. I hang mine up after using them in the morning and then take them down after my noon day prayer. That way, they are a good reminder to say the short obligatory prayer.