What is the importance of the number of beads?

108: It means seeking truth and eliminating 108 kinds of troubles. Generally speaking, there are 108 kinds of troubles, six kinds (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind) and three kinds of bitterness, namely, bitterness, joy and abandonment, totaling 18 kinds. Six roots have three kinds of good, evil and so on, which make up eighteen kinds, totaling thirty-six, and then past lives's three generations make up one hundred and eight kinds of troubles.

54: It represents the fifty-four steps of Bodhisattva's practice, namely, ten faiths, residence, ten lines, ten directions, ten places and four good roots.

42 pieces: representing the 42 levels of bodhisattva's practice process, namely, ten dwellings, ten rows, ten directions, ten places, equal senses and wonderful senses.

36: It means the same as 108. For portability, 108 is divided into three parts.

Twenty-seven: Twenty-seven on behalf of Hinayana's practice of four fruits in the four directions, that is, the first four directions have learned three fruits and eighteen fruits, and the four fruits and arhat nine have not learned.

2 1: It means 2 1 places such as Shidi, Decaparamita, and Buddha Kingdom.

18: It represents eighteen realms (six roots, six dusts and six senses), turning from eighteen realms when lost and from eighteen realms when enlightened.

14: Represents the fourteen fearless Guanyin Bodhisattva.