Tibetan Dzi

Mystical Properties Of dZi Beads

There are also beliefs about dZi beads possessing magical powers associated with health and prosperity. One belief is that dZi beads were dropped to the earth by gods or other supernatural powers and that they remained animate in the form of insects until captured by humans.

While there are different stories about tabular-eye beads, almost all groups associat them with protection against the evil eye (a common concern among most early cultures). These beads stir something very primitive and archetypal in all of us and even people who have never seen them before and have no idea of their value are attracted to them. Humans have always been fascinated with their own image and especially with beads that look back at them.

The type of tabular-eye bead is called Ninda Kar Sum , which is translated as 'sun, moon, and stars, the three.' This powerful symbol represents all the important celestial bodies: sun, moon, and stars and nothing catastrophic is supposed to be able to happen to a person wearing it.

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The Tibetan from whom we purchased this bead was told, 'Put this on and I will shoot you. Nothing will happen. It can't hurt you.' We laughed with our friend because since tabular eyes are much older than guns, they may not have been designed to protect against gunshots. Besides, if the shooter have been wrong, he would have been able to keep our friend's money and the bead!

Prices of dZi beads over the past three to four years have steadily risen, especially on the more specialized pieces. Four years ago I have heard a story of a car accident in Taipei. Taiwan involving four people. All were killed except the one dZi wearer. The story has escalated since. I read about it a year later as a bus accident and heard it recently in India as a plane crash! Seriously, demand increased as revered Tibetan Buddhist Lamas visited Taiwan and spoke of the many benefits of dZi beads to health and business . Owners of dZi beads have often said to me,'Bring much luck,' and 'do good business everyday.' To them, dZi beads represent both status symbols and hope for the future.

On one visit overseas, we were buying malas (Buddhist rosaries), turquoise and a few dZi , and my friend saw a bead he really wanted. We didn't buy it and many times he talked about it wistfully - much to my chagrin since I'd kept him from having it. Anyway, over a year later and three hundred miles awaym, the same bead was offered to us again for a slightly higher price. We were obviously intended to have it, and it was after daily wearing of this bead that we noticed an upturn in business . So who can really say ?

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