How many beads do Buddhists hold when chanting?

First of all, rosary is divided into four grades: 1, top crystal 1080. However, this kind of rosary is too long, and only a few monks and practitioners use it, or it is used as an ornament for famous monks at Dafa meetings, and few people use it. 2. The top grade is 108 capsules. Tantric practitioners use 1 10 pills. In practice, some people wear 2 16 or 360 pills for the convenience of counting. 3. The number of China products is 54. 4. There are 27 inferior products.

2. According to the number of beads, rosary beads can be divided into ten types: (1), 1080:(2), 108: (3), 54: (4), 42: (5), 36; (6) thirty-three capsules; (7) Twenty-seven capsules: (8) Twenty-one capsules; (9) Eighteen capsules; (10), fourteen capsules.

Third, the difference in the number of beads has its representative significance: 1. 1080, of which 108 is in the tenth method. "Ten dharma realms" refers to the mysterious and enlightened world, which is divided into ten categories, namely, six realms and four sacred realms: ①. Hell realm: ②. Hungry ghost realm: 3. Animal kingdom: ④ Shura kingdom: ⑤. Heaven: ⑦. Audience realm: 8. Kingdom of Jue Yuan: 8. Bodhisattva realm; Attending doctor. The Buddhist world. The first six realms are the mystery of ordinary people, that is, the world of six divisions in the wheel of karma, and the last four realms are the consciousness of the awakened one, surpassing the world. 2, 108 pills, representing the elimination of 108 kinds of troubles, 108 kinds of proof of infinite samadhi. Samadhi refers to living in a quiet but not scattered state, that is, in a positive definite state. 18 Samadhi refers to one hundred and eight kinds of Samadhi, such as Lengyan Samadhi, Yin Bao Samadhi, Miaoyue Samadhi, Lion Samadhi, Innocent Samadhi, Wonderful Samadhi, Visualized Samadhi, Happy Samadhi, Jubao Samadhi, Interpreted Samadhi, No Samadhi, No Hatred Samadhi, Pure Samadhi and Destroyed Samadhi. One hundred and eight kinds of troubles are all kinds of troubles of all beings, which can give birth to all kinds of bad karma. From bitterness, pleasure and abandonment, six kinds (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind) are combined into eighteen kinds; The other six kinds have three kinds of good and evil, which are combined into 18 kinds, a total of 36 kinds, and the past, present and future are combined into 108 kinds of troubles. 108 kinds of troubles are also called 108 kinds of graduation. It also explains 88 kinds of puzzles in the three realms, namely, greed, anger, infatuation, slowness, doubt, body awareness (holding the root of five connotations), edge awareness (holding the constant awareness), Jaken (slandering no positive fruit, bad fruit), seeing (holding prejudice, not counting fruit) and forbidding seeing (holding it, not being right). One hundred and eight grains can also represent the merits of one hundred and eight Buddhas, or the original rank of fifty-four and the rank of fifty-four in practice, and of course there are other meanings. In the Song Dynasty, Chen Shan recorded in the "New Theory of Qin lice" that Han Yu asked the monks at the ceremony, and the ceremony smiled and said, "One hundred and eighty days and nights." The language contains the front. 3. Fifty-four grains represent the fifty-fourth stage of the bodhisattva's practice, which means ten faiths, ten residences, ten lines, ten directions and ten places, plus four good roots. 4. forty-two tablets. They represent the forty-two levels of Bodhisattva's practice, namely, ten dwellings, ten lines, ten directions and ten places, plus equal sense and wonderful sense. Thirty-six capsules have the same meaning as 108 capsules, so for the convenience of carrying, two thirds of them are thirty-six. 6. There are still 33 rosary beads in the Tibetan secret, or 33 incarnations of Guanyin Bodhisattva, or 33 days. 7. Twenty-seven Pills represent the twenty-seven sages of Hinayana who practice four directions and four fruits, that is, the first four directions are "eighteen learning" and the fourth fruit is "nine learning". 8. Twenty-one pills refer to ten places, ten places, Buddha fruit, or ten places, ten paramita and Buddha fruit. 9. Eighteen capsules, which means the same as 108 capsules. For the convenience of carrying, one sixth is eighteen capsules. Or eighteen realms, that is, six roots, six dust and six senses. 10 and fourteen grains represent the fourteen fearlessness of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has no magical power (no intention), and all sentient beings, such as Shifang, Shisan and Liudao, share the same sorrow and envy, so that all sentient beings have gained fourteen fearless merits, or they can express the fourteen forbearance mentioned in the Jing Wang Jing.

Fourth, the rosary structure is divided into two categories: L. Single rosary. In other words, a rosary consists of a mother pearl and other beads with different numbers. 2. Assemble prayer beads. That is, a string of prayer beads, in addition to mother beads and child beads, there are Buddha beads (also called numbers), disciple beads (also called records), records, or some ornaments. Generally, there is only one mother bead, and there are also two. Tommy Famen's rosary is two mother beads, representing introspection. One hundred and eight rosaries, fifty-four rosaries, one for every twenty-seven, one for every nine for twenty-seven, and one for every six for eighteen.

Brother Yuzhu is generally small, with a dozen or twenty pearls. It is strung at the other end in front of the mother bead. A string of ten pearls represents ten kinds of paramita: giving, keeping precepts, enduring humiliation, diligence, meditation, prajnaparamita, convenience, willingness, strength and wisdom. Disciple beads can also be used for counting. Every time you say a rosary, dial a disciple's bead.