Talk:Buddhist prayer beads

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[edit] Use??

Unfortunately this article gives no hint of what type of prayers are said when these counting-beads are used. What is their source? Are they said in Pali or do the individual devotees use their own languages? Thus the main reason for being of such aids to devotion is left out of the article. 65.206.122.30 (talk)

[edit] Nian ju

I changed "thought beads" to "mindfulness beads". The characters 念珠 mean nenju, and 念仏 mean nembutsu (see the Nianfo entry). Nembutsu is translated as "mindfulness of the Buddha" so I think "mindfulness" gives a more accurate impression of the meaning than thought.

[edit] 9 planets?

In whose "ancient cosmology" were there "9 planets"? Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are the 5 actual planets visible without a telescope. Then things like the sun, the moon, or Earth may or may not have been included, but that brings a maximum of 8 as far as I know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.220.147.254 (talk) 18:04, 2 May 2008 (UTC)