From the article:
Why did the great Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava teach your mala “should accompany you like your shadow”? What else did Guru Rinpoche teach regarding Malas?
What is a mala? Why is a mala special? What difference does it make how many beads, the size of beads or the color? Does a mala have to be blessed? How do you use it?
Why do some traditions consider it not only a sacred object, but one of the most important of Dharma objects, representing nothing other than Buddha’s Speech, the Dharma itself?
Why do a few traditions hold that mala is “just for counting?”
How do you use and choose a mala, bless a mala and use a mala? What materials are best for mala?
explaining to her, that in my experience, when I say the mantra 108 times, touching the beads with my hands, I feel that energy coming into me through the Mala with even more power 