Sunday, February 7, 2010

8 eyes dzi bead

8 eyes dzi bead

8 eyes dzi bead is a bead that is specially helps in avoiding calamities and injuries and ensure the wearer finding and staying in their proper path. It ensures safety in human life, protection against shar qi (harmful qi) and helps pacifying 8 harms (misunderstanding, miscommunication, carelessness, misconduct, depression, fatigue, ignorance and misleading). It helps create harmony and fulfillment within a person and impetus in facing daily challenges of life by receiving blessings from 8 directional bodhisattvas:

- Manjushri – Buddha of wisdom and powers, memory, intelligence
- Vajrapani – Treasure of Buddha's Secrets, Dharma Protector, Dispel Obstacles and Illness
- Avalokiteshvara - Compassion, Supreme Love, Protector from Danger
- Kshitigarbha - Earth Witness (Earth Touching Mudra), Wish Giving
- Sarvanivaranaviskambini – Purifier of All Hindrances
- Akashagarbha – Essense of Space Goodness
- Maitreya – Buddha of Future, Dharma Teaching, Liberation, Enlightenment (Happy Buddha)
- Samantabhadra - (Dharmakaya) Earth Goodness, Head of 16 Bodhisattvas

It also have 8 treasures of Buddhism which:
Sacred Parasol (Duk) – Protect Against All Evil, For High Ranking
Banner (Thanjha) – Buddha's Teaching
Conch Shell (Thungkhar / sacred sounds) – Good Luck, Glory, Absences of Negativity
Mystic Knot (Patta) – Long Life, Eternal Love
Vessel (Phumpa) – Abundance, Elixir of Immortality, Spiritual, Wealth
Golden Fish (Shen-Nya) – Salvation from suffering, Fruitfulness; drives of evil
Lotus (Pema) – Beauty and Purity, goodness
Wheel (Chuyki-Korlo) – Eightfold Path, Completion, Salvation; spread and teach of Buddhism

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