TIBETAN PURE DZI BEAD The unique dZi bead, a black and white (or dark brown) bead of etched or treated agate, is revered in Tibet. To Tibetans and other Himalayan people, the dZi is a "precious jewel of supernatural orign" with great power to protect its wearer from disaster.There is little precise information available on dZi beads. They are found primarily in Tibet and nepal, but also in neighbouring Bhutan, Ladakh and Sikkim. Shepherds and farmers pick them up in the grasslands or while cultivating fields. Because dZi are found in the earth, Tibetans cannot conceive of them as man-made. Since knowledge of the bead is derived from oral traditions, few beads have provoked more controversy concerning their source, method of manufacture and even precise definition.dZi beads have always been one of the most mysterious of beads. Sacred Tibetan dZi beads are usually plump, tubular, agate beads. They are decorated with bands and in the case of pure dZi (the best kind), eye circles as well. Most Tibetans also consider similarly decorated tabular-eye beads (flat,round beads with an eye design) to be a form of dZi. They refer to them as luk me, which means "sheep's eye". Most of what is know about dZi beads is theory and conjecture.But we do know that decorated agates of many types have been prized throughout Central Asia from roughly 2000 B.C. to 100 A.D. dZi are usually dated 500 to 800 A.D. We also know that decorated beads were originally made to imitate older, naturally banded and eyed agate beads that were becoming harder to produce due to failing source of high-quality material. Eventually (two to three thousand years ago) the decorated examples overtook their natural predecessors in value and desirability.In Taiwan's religious artifacts market, dZi beads are the subject of the most legends and also the most debate. They became hot sellers seven or eight years ago and have yet to cool down. After the Nagoya crash, frequent-flying businessmen competed with each other to buy dZi beads, among which nine-eyed dZi beads are particularly valued as "guardians against evil of all stripes." A single one of these beads can now cost upwards of $50000. When the Dalai Lama went to Taiwan on a spiritual visit, Tibetan Buddhism received many converts. His trip also renewed the rage for dZi beads."A pure dZi bead is not a thing of the human world," asserts Namgyal. "We Tibetans believe that dZi beads were originally a kind of insect. They were living things. From time to time, they would appear lying next to each another in the grass. If you tried to grab them with your hands, they would escape by boring down into the earth. Hence you would have to use something unclean, say a woman's dress [in the typical recounting of this legend they use sand] and cover them. Then they wouldn't move and you could grab them." What's more, because authentic dZi beads are so hard to come by, Tibetans sincerely believe that they are "jewelry dropped from Heaven by the gods." It is believed that the legends of stones dropping from Heaven. "New dZi beads are worked from 100 percent agate, but old dZi beads are different. Their composition is only 80% agate, 15% other minerals and 5% substances "that are not of this world." Stories of stones dropping from Heaven can be traced back to a Buddhist sutra that records a Himalayan legend about an evil spirit who would from time to time descend to the world of men to cause plagues and disasters. Fortunately, a benevolent god took pity on the humans and cultivated its powers in Heaven, causing the beads to fall from Heaven. Those whose good fate it was to obtain one would thus be protected from misfortunes and all kinds of evil. Different variations on this same basic legend are found all over Tibet."Pure" dZi beads (in the traditional Tibetan system for evaluating dZi) are regarded as the most valuable and desirable variety. To qualify as pure, a bead must be genuine etched agate and lie within a certain range of styles. It should also have a sharply delineated pattern, symmetrical shape, strong color, glossy surface and no flaws. The nine-eyed dZi is a pure dZi with the most highly desired pattern. Etched agate beads not considered pure are called chung dZi, or "less important dZi."Jewels were used in meditation, in offering, in curing, all activities aimed at bringing about a change in our mental or physical condition. As in other societies, jewellery was also widely used in Tibet for purely worldly purposes; indicating economic and social status, ranks in government and as an object of exchange in trade. Each region has its own particular way of using jewelry to embellish their costumes and while most of it has now disappeared, it was as varied as it was elaborate.In pre-1959 Tibet, it was not unusual for women to keep a substantial portion of the family wealth in their jewelry box. Jewelry represented financial security, the gems neither depreciating in value, nor losing their lustre. This kind of investment could be pushed to such an extreme that in her book 'House of the Turquoise Roof' Mrs. Yuthok describes how very upset some of Lhasa women were when the Thirteenth Dalai Lama passed a decree stating that they were not to keep or wear so many kinds of precious and expensive ornaments, as he realised that families were investing great sums of money in jewelry. Jewelry was generally passed down from generation to generation, rarely being sold on the open market, unless the family encountered financial problems. Identification of dZi Beads Identification of dZi beads presents certain difficulties. Many Tibetans will regard almost any etched agate and some natural agate beads as some kind of dZi, or at least in the dZi family. But not all etched agate beads are regarded as real, or as Tibetans would say, "pure" dZi. Certain patterns found on etched agate beads are universally recognised by Tibetans as belonging to "pure" dZi. These include besides the familiar "eye" patterns (two-eyed, three-eyed,five-eyed,six-eyed,nine-eyed,etc), circle and a square ("dZi", earth door-sky door"), a double wave form ("dZi", round with tiger stripes"), a configuration similar to a British crown ("dZi", round, nectar of immortality bowl), and others dZi with other patterns such as strips, waveforms, and their combinations are generally regarded as real dZi and of Tibetan origin but valued much less highly than the more desirable patterns listed above. The nine-eyed dZi seems to be the most highly preferred. What Do You Know About Tibetan dZi Beads ? What is in a dZi bead?The dZi beads have always been one of the most mysterious of beads. Sacred Tibetan dZi beads are usually plump, tubular, agate beads. They are decorated with bands and in the case of pure dZi beads (the best of its kind), eye circles as well. Most Tibetans also consider similarly decorated tabular-eye beads (flat round beads with an eye design) to be a form of dZi. They refer to them as luk me, which means 'sheep's eye.' Most of what is known about dZi beads is theory and conjecture. But we do know that decorated agates of many types have been prized throughout Central Asia from roughly 2000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. dZi are usually dated 500 to 800 A.D. We also know that decorated beads were originally made to imitate older, naturally banded and eyed agate beads that were becoming harder to produce due to failing sources of high-quality material. Eventually (two to three thousand years ago) the decorated examples overtook their natural predecessors in value and desirability. Making dZi Beads Many variations of techniques were used to pattern the beads. Chung dZi (lesser quality dZi) and decorated carnelians that exhibit a white surface residue differ from pure dZi and better quality chung dZi examples where the color has gone into, rather than onto the bead.It is generally accepted that mixtures of metal salts and alkalines were painted on the beads to change their color; then heat was used to further change the bead. But the technique was lost, and no one seems able to figure out how beads were first darkened, then selectively lightened (or vice versa), without undoing previous treatments. 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 associate them with protection against the evil eye .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 which translates 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. 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. Besided, if the shooter had been wrong, he would have been able to keep our friend's money and beads. Prices of dZi beads over the past three or four years have steadily risen, especially on the more specialized pieces. Four years ago I heard a story of a car accident in Taipei, Taiwan. 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 every day.' 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 wishfully - much to my chagrin since I'd kept him from having it. Anyway, over a year later and three hundred miles away, 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? 

HERE SOME MEANING OF DESIGN:

DZI BEADS  In the Buddha's mystery medicine books, Dzi stones are described to heal illnesses, particularly blood-related diseases and will protect a person from ill-willed enemies and from their evil curses. The stone will remove all obstacles so that a person will be protected from accidents, natural disasters, and accidental deaths, such as some unfortunate people experience by simply being at the wrong place at the wrong time. They bring good luck, good Karma and happiness, long life and protection. In Tibet the Dzi beads are often times found and worn with other beads of red coral, amber, carnelian, turquoise and silver. If you are trying to find some companion beads for your Dzi bead, try some of these stones or metal. You will find that the Dzi beads respond very well to these other forms of stones. They remind them of home. Also do not be afraid of trying other stones that you like and are partial to with your new Dzi beads.

 1 EYE DZI BEAD Promote Safety and Obstacle Cleansing and Attraction of All Auspicious Signs to the Owner. Obstacles faced by the Owner will be netted by the dzi`s unique pattern and Safety as well as Prosperity will be replaced in its place. This Dzi can assist the owner with possessing special powers, immeasurable control and authority. It also signifies auspiciousness. Dzi "One-Eyed" is a symbol of light and hope, enhances human wisdom and brings forth happiness for life, realizes your wishes. The single eyed Dzi bead stands for a beacon of light and hope. This powerful eye is believed to enhance human wisdom, and bring forth happiness for life.

2 EYES DZI BEAD (Double Eyed) : Prays for a happy and stable marriage and a harmonious family, ensures success and also improves human wisdom. This particular item is very popular in Tibet to be worn to promote the Bodhisattva Nature, Compassion and All Auspicious Signs to the Owner. Obstacles faced by the Owner will be netted by the Dzi`s unique pattern and Wisdom as well as Compassion will be replaced in its place. This item is widely sought for its Bodhisattva properties. The 2-Eyed Dzi bead is said to represent the harmonious concept of Yin & Yang. The concept of Yin & Yang governs every relationship in this world, bringing about balance in life, energy, relations and should ideally be complementary. Yang is represented by light or day, activity or movement, strength and rigidity, and also male energy. Yin is symbolized by darkness, flexibility, softness, stationery energy, is silent and also female energy. The 2-Eyed Dzi bead is thus significant for enhancing stability and balance, especially in a marriage and in the cultivation of harmonious family relations. It also brings appropriate balance between an individual’s thought and action, allowing his efficient pursuit of career and goals in a wiser manner. Matrimonial harmony and family bliss. Growth in wisdom. The 2 eyed Dzi enables harmony between husband and wife; build a happy family, successful career, and good relationships with others.

3 EYES DZI BEADS: Symbolizes rolling in heavy wealth. The 3-Eyed bead is said to be the manifest of the expression of the Hindu wealth god, the Kubera. He originates from the Himalayas, but is worshiped by other Buddhists as well from around the world. Look, two eyes represent his eyes and the other one is his mouth. Having performed austerities for a thousand years, in regard for which Brahma asked him to safeguard and distribute evenly the treasures of the earth by karmic rewards. Enable One to Connect to All 3 Key Components i.e. Body, Mind & Heart. Achieve Good Health, Success & Wealth. Among the Dzi bead culture, the 3-Eyed Dzi bead is regarded as the unofficial “wealth” bead. This Dzi bead is believed to still possess the power to make conditions favorable, for which you could make the most of to enjoy general fortune, not only in terms of wealth. It is believed that the 3 eye bead will bring happiness wealth and prosperity to its owner. The 3 eye Dzi bead is a symbol of the God of Wealth in Tibet. It will enhance its owner ability to accumulate wealth by crystallizing money-making opportunities for him. The three eyed Dzi bead represents the three stars of luck, happiness, honor, and longevity. It is the bead of wealth and health to bring continuous fortune.

3-Eyed Holy Pipal Leaf Dzi Bead: This bead appears to have 3 eyes and one of the eyes looks like a leaf of a plant. The pipal leaf is also referred to as the Buddha heart. Enable One to Connect All 3 Key Components i.e. Body, Mind & Heart. Achieve Good Health, Wealth & Success. Avoiding Dangers, Growth in Compassion, Wisdom & Enlightenment. Prosperity, Happiness, Longevity, Love, Joy & Tranquility: This Dzi Bead is the Wealth God of Tibetans. The pipal leaf is a dimensional doorway, allowing the owner of this bead to journey into the universe, during sleep and meditation. 3-Eyed Tiger Tooth Dzi Bead: this means good luck, long life and successful business. Read both 3-eyed Dzi and Tiger Tooth Dzi beads.

3-Eyed Vajra Dzi Bead: (Characterized by ruffled ring around eye) The Tantric meaning is Sunya or Void which cannot be cut or destroyed but which destroys all evils.

4 EYES DZI BEAD: The 4 eyes on this Dzi bead is a symbolism of the 4 major Bodhisattvas of Buddhism. The 4 Mahasattva Bodhisattvas are of particular significance in Mahayana texts: Maitreya (popularly known as Laughing Buddha), Avalokitesvara (popularly known as Kwan Yin), Manjusri, and Mahasthamaprapta. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have put off entering paradise in order to help others attain enlightenment. The Bodhisattva upon death leaves the cycle of life-death-rebirth and enter nirvana, but out of his great compassion for all other beings chooses instead to remain in the samsaric realm to aid suffering humanity. They devote all their power and energy to saving suffering beings in this world. The Bodhisattva is motivated by compassion and guided by wisdom in his quest to guide and aid suffering beings. This Dzi bead is endowed with the significance of these 4 major bodhisattvas, increase the wearer's wisdom, releases human suffering and brings forth general good fortune in human life. This Dzi bead assists to Gather Wealth & Luck, Serves as a Protector, and Power to Ward off Evil Spirits, Clearance of Obstacles, and Increasing Merit & Longevity by the 4 Bodhisattvas. Helps To Overcome Negative Forces, Clears Obstacles, Increases Merits & Longevity, Subdue Demons.

5-Eyed Dzi Bead: There are several patterns of 5 eyed beads. The regular 5 eyed bead is considered a magical item. This Dzi is a magic object to accumulate wisdom and happiness. There is a 5 eyed Dzi bead that is called Thunder & Lightening. The 5 eyed thunder and lightening helps to destroy ignorance. On one side of the 5 eyed thunder and lightening there will appear a geometric looking symbol. This is the lightening. The eyes may be scattered about. Another 5 eyed Dzi bead is called the Garuda bead. The Garuda bead is a healer’s bead and the 5 eyes make a cross on one side, and generally one will find a lightening symbol on the opposite side of the 5 eyed cross. Regular 5 eyed patterns come in several styles. Some patterns are organized and some random. All 5 eyed regular beads assist with the following. To Attract Blessings, Success, Career Advancements, Wisdom and All Auspicious signs to the Owner. The 5 eyed regular bead is considered a magical item and is highly sought after. It assists one in obtaining whatever one desires, so it is all a desire bead. Endless happiness.

6 EYES DZI BEAD : Eliminates sadness and sufferings in life, and increases access to good luck. In Buddhist meaning, it is said that this Dzi bead purges the sufferings of the 6 paths in our mundane world. They are related to the nature of our human existence from the 1st stage Hell, to the 6th stage Heaven. (1) Hell indicates a condition in which one is dominated by the impulse to destroy oneself and everything else. Rage is the dominating force. In this state, we are utterly devoid of freedom and undergo extreme and indescribable suffering. (2) Hunger is a state characterized by an insatiable desire for food, clothes, wealth, pleasure, fame, power, and so forth. In this state, a person is tormented by relentless craving and by his inability to satisfy it. (3) Animalism is governed by instinct, and one has no sense of reason or morality. (4) Anger, a man is dominated by a selfish ego. A person in this state is compelled by the need to be superior to others in all things, despising others and valuing himself alone. (5) Humanity or tranquility. In this state, one can pass fair judgment, control his instinctive desires with reason, and act in harmony with his environment or society. (6) Heaven or rapture. This state indicates the sense of pleasure which one feels when his desire is fulfilled. However, the joy in the state of "heaven" is temporary and disappears with the passage of time or with even a slight change in circumstances. These states, from Hell through Heaven, are called the Six Paths. The majority of people spend most of their time moving back and forth among them. In these states, one is governed by his reactions to external influences and is therefore extremely vulnerable to changing circumstances. The 6 eye Dzi bead is believed to eliminate the sadness and sufferings in life, while helping us cultivate our Buddhist nature. Helping the owner to find the root of happiness and good karma. It is believed that the 6 eye Dzi bead has the power to eradicate sadness and sufferings and attracts good lucks for its owner. The 6 eye Dzi will help its owner to achieve liberation from the 6 realms. The 6 realms are aggression, losses, carelessness, anger, ignorance and misery. It is also able to help its owner to develop his 6 paramitas. Paramita refers to the perfection of which ferries one beyond the sea of suffering and mortality to Nirvana. The six Paramitas are the following: (1) Dana, charity or giving, including the bestowing of truth on others; (2) Sila, keeping the discipline; (3) Ksanti, patience under suffering and insult; (4) Virya, zeal and progress; (5) Dhyana, meditation or contemplation; (6) Prajna, wisdom, the power to discern reality or truth. It is the perfection of the last one -- Prajna -- that ferries sentient beings across the ocean of Samsara (the sea of incarnate life) to the shores of Nirvana. 6-Eyed Turtle Back Dzi Bead: Spiritual cleansing and longevity. This item is widely sought for its cleansing properties.

7-Eyed Dzi Bead: Omens good luck in terms of career development, wealth, health, longevity and also a happy marriage. 7 eyes: Encourage Success, Health, Wealth, Longevity and Harmony for the Owner. This Dzi helps One to Achieve Fame, Glory, Perfection, Career, Wealth, Relationship, and Health & Longevity. The 7 Eye is said to represent the Big Dipper asterism in the universe. Composed of 7 stars, Tibetans believe that the Big Dipper is the manifestation of the 7 medicine Buddhas. The medicine Buddha resides in our own mind, embodying healing forces dormant within, activated through compassionate motivation, visualization and recitation of the mantra, hence removing obstacles or "self-limiting conceptions" which prevents the actualization of one's potential. With the 7 Eye, you can open the path to all goodness and influences of the. Helps One to Achieve Fame, Glory, Perfection, Career, Wealth, Relationship, Health & Longevity.

 8-Eyed Dzi Bead: Helps avoid calamities and injuries, ensures safety in human life. This Dzi helps the owner to receive Blessings from the 8 Directional Bodhisattvas. The 8-Eyed Dzi bead has one known interpretation by a revered lama as follows. The 8 eyes represent the 8 Treasures of Buddhism, the conch shell (sacred sounds), the wheel of dharma (spreading & teachings of Buddhism), sacred parasol (to protect), lotus flower (purity & goodness), sacred vase (holds wisdom), goldfish (drives off evil), the banco (eternity). The qualities of the 8 Treasures create harmony & fulfillment within a person, and impetus in facing the daily challenges of life. This Dzi helps as well to guard against calamities and catastrophes. Assists the owner in finding and staying on their proper path.

 9-Eyed Dzi Bead: Builds up a lenient and caring heart for you, helps you gain fame and benefits. Increases the owner’s wealth. 9 Eye is one of the most sought after, believed to represent the 9 planetary systems and its essence. This Dzi is touted as a window to wisdom. The 9-Eyed Dzi bead endows the wearer to expand his intelligence and wisdom. This type of Dzi bead is also well documented in modern Asian circles for its "mysticism" and "power" by several people who wore them and survived near death experiences. This bead is often considered the unofficial wealth bead. The 9 eye Dzi bead may assist the owner of this bead to become rolling in wealth. The wealth will be gained through one’s own work. This bead attracts attention and assists in causing fame to increase. The nine eyed Dzi assists the entrepreneur in finding their ideas and strengths. The nine eyed Dzi bead assists its owner to Gather Wealth, Achieve Good Health, Success, Gain Power, Compassion, Glory, and Expelling Evil & Acts as a Protector. It is believed that the 9 eye Dzi bead is able assist its owner in achieving the Nine-fold Merits. The Nine-fold merits are compassion, glory, everlasting brightness, fame, dignity, authority, control, reputation and the removal of obstacles. Accumulation of meritorious virtue, increases compassionate, separates from suffering and gains advantage. Gathering the Nine-fold Merits, ensuring the growth in compassion, power and glory thus bringing about immense benefits.

 10-Eyed Dzi Bead: Removes obstacles in the road of career development, gains favorable comments on you from others, and omens a happy relationship with your spouse. Pure 10-Eyed Dzi Bead is a Symbol of perfection in everything. The Pure Dzi signifies the clearance of obstacles, an increase in power and virtue, and is said to have a great influence on success in life. Removes are karmic hindrances, increases respect-inspiring virtues, live a joyful life perfect in every way.

11-Eyed Dzi Bead: Endowed with the significance of the 4 major bodhisattvas, increases the wearer's wisdom, releases human suffering and brings forth general good fortune in human life. The 5 Dhyani Buddhas & the 6 Syllable Mantra, Accumulation of Merit & Wisdom. A 11 Eyed Dzi is regarded as a magical object to accumulate wisdom and happiness. It helps to eradicate evil intentions and reduces craving, leading to a peace of the heart and mind. It can prevent mishaps and dangers and create a safe environment to smoothen the path to success.

 

12-Eyed Dzi Bead: Fearless & Gallantry, Symbolizes Fulfillment of All Wishes, Perfection in All Aspects. This powerful Dzi bead represents extra energies to overcome fear and obstacles. It empowers one with the ability to surpass expectations and attain fame and recognition. It also fulfils one's needs and desires for excellence. 12-Eyed Dzi stand for courage, fame and good luck. In the Sutra of the Medicine Buddha, were 12 Heavenly Generals who were present when the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni) first introduced the Healing Sutra. They were believed to have offered protection during 12 daylight hours, otherwise known popularly as the Chinese Zodiac. This Dzi bead is said to represent them. The mystic of the 12-Eyed Dzi bead is that it is known as a Buddhist cintamani of sorts, or a wish-fulfilling jewel. It has the power to answer to every fervent wish that you make, and in the process earn a name and create fame for yourself. However, no matter what an individual wishes for and gets, he or she is still responsible for his own actions, governed by the karmic cycle of reward or retribution.

13-Eyed Dzi Bead: Allows one to learn to communicate with the ancestors as well as other dimensions and realities. The Dzi allows one to communicate with extra-terrestrials. It also helps one with all forms of communication and expression. Removes fear from debating with others. This Dzi can assist in out-of-body travel as well as in comprehending near death experiences. It also assists one in obtaining a higher state of reincarnation. This Dzi can help one to see karma and merit more clearly. The mystical 13 eyed Dzi bead is imbued with the blessings of the 5 Dhyani Buddhas, represented by 5 circles on one side of the bead. They are namely Amitabha, represented in the centre of the 4 circles, and the other 4 are Akshobya, Amoghasiddhi, Ratnasambhava and Vairochana. The 5 Dhyani Buddhas are celestial Buddhas visualized during meditation. The word Dhyani is derived from the Sanskrit dhyana, meaning "meditation." The Dhyani Buddhas are considered to be great healers of the mind and soul. They are not historical figures, like Buddha Shakyamuni, but transcendent beings who symbolize universal divine principles or forces. They represent various aspects of the enlightened consciousness and are guides to spiritual transformation. On the other side of the Dzi bead, the 8 circles represent the 8 Treasures of Buddhism, the conch shell (sacred sounds), the wheel of dharma (spreading & teachings of Buddhism), sacred parasol (to protect), lotus flower (purity & goodness), sacred vase (holds wisdom), goldfish (drives off evil), the bancho (eternity). The qualities of the 8 Treasures create harmony & fulfillment within a person, and impetus in facing the daily challenges of life. Also helps to guard against calamities and catastrophes. Together the 13 eyes of the Dzi bead are significant of mental tranquility and reaching the ultimate goal of Nirvana & Enlightenment. This Dzi can become a source of power to blend well and help to energize your body, giving you a sense of wholeness, balance and empowerment. The 13 eyed Dzi bead symbolizes mental tranquility, and helps you to reach an apex in virtue terms.

14-Eyed Dzi Bead: Allows the mind room for contemplation. This Dzi helps to protect the mind from clutter and busyness. Giving the mind freedom from time to play with wondrous curiosity and exploration. Helps to set the mind free. Gives the mind room for developing greater merits. This Dzi creates a softness, a lack of defensiveness for the owner of this bead. This Dzi also helps to protects one from getting chips on the shoulder. Assists to remove defensiveness and sarcasm. Allows others to see you in a dignified light. This Dzi can help to lessen the need for re-incarnation. Helps prevent karma from forming.

15-Eyed Dzi Bead: Urges to realize all wishes of yours. Dzi Increase the wearer's wisdom, releases human suffering and brings forth general good fortune in human life. Wish Fulfilling, Blessed By The Heaven God.

16-Eyed Dzi Bead: Brings back the humor in life. Reminds one that it is through play and joy that all things may be obtained. Helps to repel sadness, depression, melancholy, sorrowfulness, and the blues. Helps one to maintain a smile inside. Reminds one of the playfulness of youth and that one may have that playfulness at any age. Causes other to want to be friends with you and join you in your play.

17-Eyed Dzi Bead: Assists with self confidence and the gaining of. Helps one to see them self in the light that they are held by the Gods. This Dzi can help one to protect them self from arrogance, and self aggrandizement. Helps to keep the ego in check. This Dzi can help prevent one from beginning to think them self superior to others. Can assist to improve the self image. Allows others to see you the way you see yourself in your unconscious mind. Protects owner from the images of others.

18-Eyed Dzi Bead: Moderation and tolerance. This Dzi can help to protect against obsessions and compulsions. Helps to protect against addictive personality traits. Alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual addiction, gambling and all other addictions. Brain stories, rutting, worry, drama, trauma may all be eased with this Dzi bead. The bead imparts calm as well as grace and ease, allowing the owner to find moderation in all areas of life. Can help to protect against imbalance which can lead to hyperactivity as well as obsession and compulsive tendencies. Obsessive and compulsive personality traits tend to build more karma and less merit. More karma and less merit will lower states when re-incarnating. Assists in clearing all pathways and blockages for the kundalini to rise. Helps to maintain balanced kundalini once it has risen.

19-Eyed Dzi Bead: Enhances the owner’s ability to manifest and materialize the necessary things in one’s life. Enhances one’s ability to manifest on the behalf of others. Enhances owner’s protection from sabotage of one’s own desires. Power to realize and command the astral energies present in owners life. If the owner’s heart is pure and not materialistic, this bead will assist in realizing one’s dream and dreams. Can allow one greater access to the Astral Realm where dreams are held and come from. Dreams may become more lucid and more fulfilling. Enhances owner’s ability to interpret their dreams and become enlightened through the lessons their dreams have to teach. This Dzi can assist the kundalini in rising more completely. Helps to prevent the dream body from bringing back unwanted negative energies. Assists the dream body in becoming more conscious so that the owner may become more aware of their dream journeys and where they have been.

20-Eyed Dzi Bead: Purification. This Dzi can enhance owner’s process of preparation for ending the cycle of rebirth. Assists in balancing and repaying all necessary karma by allowing one to see that which needs to be repaid. Enhances one’s chance of taking their body with them. Prepares the connection between body, mind, spirit to become ready to accept Nirvana. Assists with the final phases of enlightenment. Helps create a detachment from worldly and materialistic things that would cause one to cling to the physical and miss their opportunity to end rebirth. This Dzi protects owner from being dragged down to the level of ego. Helps maintain a state of innocence. Helps protect wearer’s innocence from being attacked. Helps to allow a continual state of preparedness and enlightenment for the owner. Very few of this bead has ever been created. Those who possess or own this bead are not quick to let go of them. If you can find one expect it to be very expensive no matter what condition it is in.

21-Eyed Dzi Bead: Enhances your magic power, realizes what you desire to the maximum extent. Magnifying Power, Wish Fulfilling, Attaining Physical & Spiritual Power At Its Highest. Enhances one’s ability to give life and restore life. This bead incorporates to the highest degree all other eyed beads. Assists the owner in obtaining a state of demi-God while still physically based. Owner must be pure of heart and mind if they wish to accept everything this bead wishes to offer. The bead offers the greatest wealth, health, strength, power, and magic. This is an extremely rare and highly sought after bead. Magnifies and amplifies all of the characteristics of all of the eye beads into one bead.

 Swastika Dzi Bead: Represents the Law and all aspects of the law. This bead assists one in learning how to speak universal law. Helps protect the owner from law and legal proceedings. This Dzi can help with assisting the proceedings to benefit the owner or to go easier on the owner of this bead. If the owner is in tune with this Dzi it can help to protect the owner from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This Dzi can assist the owner in ways such as to prevent situations that might require the law or legal assistance. Good Fortune, Family Bliss, Longevity, Wish Fulfilling, Good Luck Peace and health. The symbol of Buddha’s light shining from all angles. This Dzi has close relations to the roots of Buddhism. It is a symbol of esoteric Buddhism. As such, it was placed over the heart of the Buddha, stamped on the breasts of departed initiates and planted wherever Buddhists have left their mark. It is regarded as the symbol of esoteric Buddhism and the mark of a perfectly evolved being whose soul (or spirit) has entered Nirvana or liberation from the world of matter. Due to the religious nature of this particular Dzi bead, it is particularly beneficial to an individual whose heart is pure and does not show excess greed through hankering after the material things of life. The Swastika symbol has been used for thousands of years already in almost all human civilizations as a sign for good luck, protection, as a materialization of life and the changing seasons of the year. It is believed that this Dzi bead will bring happiness, wealth and prosperity to its owner.

 

Tiger Teeth Dzi Bead: Tigers teeth on a bead will almost look like a wave pattern. The waves will be deeper and more pointed or chiseled than the wave pattern Dzi beads are. The tiger’s teeth can be combined with other patterns to intensify the designs. Tiger’s teeth Dzi beads can also come shaped like a tooth. The chalcedony has been carved and shaped like a tooth rather than the normal Dzi bead shape. Cultures a firm and persistent will, removes frustrations along the way, and guarantees for you a healthy life too. This Dzi bead can assist with follow through and “will-power.” Can help owner to “stick-to-it” till it’s finished. Assists in focusing on what’s important thus allowing for more free time for true relaxation, free of guilt and stress. Tiger teeth Dzi can assist the owner with concentration, determination, and completion. The tiger teeth Dzi bead is also revered as a spiritual object, capable of keeping away evil things and bodily protection. It is suitable for an individual who faces more obstacles and wants to draw strength in overcoming them. Symbol of Wealth, Brings a Constant Stream of Wealth & Good Fortune, Gives one Extra Energy & Confidence to Overcome All Obstacles, Pacify Demons, and Symbolizes Will Power & Bestows Good Health. It is believed that the tiger tooth bead is able to instill in its owner a sense of determination to achieve the goals that he has set for himself as well as the ability to overcome any obstacles that may impede his path. It will energize the wearer and attracts good luck and health. Tiger teeth represent toughness and strength, removes obstacles and achieves success. Prevents calamities, averting misfortune, prospering business, multiplying wealth and improving health.

 Lotus Flower Dzi Bead (double): The double Lotus Dzi Bead possesses the power to purify the mind & heart which will lead to a calm & clear mind. The double lotus flower magnifies the power and strength of the lotus flower Dzi bead. This Dzi bead is recommended for decision makers and those who seek for higher attainment of mindfulness. It brings the good fortune and wisdom to the owner. Also read both Lotus Flower and Lotus Dzi Bead.

(3 COLOR DZI BEAD)

(INSECT DZI )

Insect Dzi Bead: (Also called Felicity bead) Looks like a two headed insect. Is often considered to appear to appear to be the underside of the bat. Enhances longevity and health. Helps reveal early warning signs of illness getting started. Assists body in sloughing off attitudes that could lead to disease and illness. Helps to focus mind on healing, and healthy attitudes.

  ("BODHI" DZI BEAD)  "Bodhi" Dzi Bead: Establishes good virtues and eliminates misfortune in your life, gives you a generous and lenient heart. This Dzi bead helps to avoid dangers, Growth in Compassion, Wisdom & Enlightenment. In Buddhist lore, Prince Siddhartha Gautama was enlightened after meditating under a Bodhi tree some 2548 years ago. He is now popularly known as the Buddha Shakyamuni or the Lord Buddha and recognized as the founder of Buddhism. The Bodhi tree Dzi establishes good virtues and eliminates life's misfortunes.

 Turtle Back Longevity Dzi Bead: Ensures longevity in good health. The turtle-back motif Dzi is for cultivating good health, leading to longevity and strengthening determination in work accomplishment. It renders protection from sickness caused by spirits & gives bodily protection. It is believed that the turtle back Dzi bead is able to protect the wearer from sickness and diseases. Furthermore, the bead is believed to be able to promote good health and speedy recovery from sickness.

(CHI SING EAR DZI BEAD) GOD OF DESTINY

(5 BATS DZI BEAD) 

 (DRAGON EYE DZI BEAD) Dragon-Eyed Dzi Bead: This 6 EYE represents the Mantra OM MANI PADME HUM. It is the Root of Happiness & Good Karma. This Dzi bead can help to Overcome Negative Forces from Foes & Competitors. Dragons are considered to reside at and perhaps to be the source of life, and from which all physical life comes. Enable One to Connect All 3 Key Components i.e. Body, Mind & Heart. Achieve Good Health, Wealth & Success. Dragons love their wealth. They love to hoard and gather all forms of wealth to themselves. Remember that wealth is not necessarily abundance. The dragon Dzi may assist the owner with learning how to roll in wealth. Dragons are great at bringing wealth to themselves. They would be considered advanced or masters of wealth. Dragons hoard their riches, thus assisting the owner in learning how to keep and maintain their wealth while gaining yet greater wealth. Dragons are considered by Tibetans to be at the top of the animal hierarchy. They are the strongest physically, mentally, spiritually and magically. All dragons are alchemists, breathing fire and creating magic. Dragons are masters of manifestation and materialization. Dragons are all masters of magic, both creating magic and living magically. The dragon brings magic in all of its form to the owner of the “Dragon Eyed Dzi Bead”. Dragons live in the dimensions between earth and heaven. When dragons are in the earth dimension they will generally live in great caves where they can move around easily. This makes the dragon very useful in assisting the owner of the Dzi bead to delve into and understand their subconscious and unconscious minds. Dragons can seek out saboteurs, stopping the unconscious minds from sabotaging the creations of the owner. Dragons have had to hide to stay alive for so many millennia that they have become great at finding things lost, and perceiving even the slightest threat. This makes dragon extremely great protectors and masters of subtly. Dragons bring both of these skills with them to assist their master. Dragons will only respond to a human if they are its master. Each dragon Dzi bead is connected to a dragon, and each dragon may be connected to several different Dzi beads. The “Dragon Eyed Dzi Bead” connects the human owner to the dragon they will master. Dragon-Eye Dzi Bead-Ruffled Eye: (Ruffled eye) The symbol on this bead is a single eye with a ruffle around it. Usually only occurs one ruffle per bead. This Dzi bead calls the dragon to lend an eye and to keep an eye on the owner. The dragon is all forms of genesis and new beginnings. Dragons always consume the purest of all foods and drink. Dragons hoard precious things, and will enhance the owner’s ability to find and keep precious things as well as preciousness within. The dragon is the greatest protector of all. Read the other symbology on the bead and include the dragon eye inside of the ruffle as one eye, not two eyes. The ruffle is not counted as an eye. The dragon assists, magnifies and enhances all of the other symbology on the bead. A Dzi bead with a ruffled eye is not the same as a “Dragon Dzi Bead” and does not allow the owner of the bead to be master to a dragon. Only a “Dragon Dzi Bead” itself can master a dragon.

(WATCHARA DZI BEAD)

(MEDICINE DZI BEAD)

Dharma Hat Dzi Bead: Looks like a heart shape that is smashed down, and has a small hook in it. The Dharma Hat motif on this Dzi bead is a symbol of holy protection. As such, this Dzi bead is a spiritual object or talisman. "Dharma" means "protection". By practicing Buddha's teachings we protect our self from suffering and problems. All the problems we experience during daily life originate in ignorance, and the method for eliminating ignorance is to practice Dharma. Practicing Dharma and "wearing" the Dharma hat is the method for improving the quality of our human life. The quality of life depends not upon external development or material progress, but upon the inner development of peace and happiness which Dharma bestows on us. For example, in the past many Buddhists lived in poor and underdeveloped countries, but they were able to find pure, lasting happiness by practicing what Buddha had taught.

 (YIN YANG DZI BEAD)

Money Hook Dzi Bead: Looks like a figure S. It is believed that the lucky S hook will bring happiness, wealth and prosperity to its owner. It will enhance its owner’s ability to accumulate wealth by crystallizing money-making opportunities for him. More importantly, it also will ensure that the wealth will be retained within his control and not slip away.

Heaven And Sky Dzi Bead: Earth is square. Balances yin and yang, helps those in bad conditions out and embrace good luck. The square depicts the earth, the source and basis of all living beings. The significance of this combination is said to bring balance and serenity in the order of life, and turn an individual's potentiality into actual vibrant and useful energy and achieve greater things in his life. The added significance of the eye or dot in the center of the circle motif is the arriving of good opportunities for the individual at the right time.

Wave Dzi Bead: The wave Dzi bead resembles the tiger’s teeth. The wave beads however are not as deep and more reminiscent of waves of water. The wave bead often has two waves separated by a straight line. The wave Dzi bead assists with all forms of emotions. It can assist with releasing and understanding emotions that lessen one’s quality of life. This Dzi can assist to help to uncover the emotional blockages around any given topic. Helps one understand and overcome emotional outbreaks, moodiness and some depression. Almost every aspect of the human experience is governed by emotions. This Dzi can assist its owner in sorting out and understanding emotions from the past, present and future. Repressed emotions sabotage and block many of the things humans want in their lives including abundance. The wave Dzi bead will assist in evolving emotions into feelings. It will also assist one in understanding those feelings. The wave Dzi is also seen as a Dzi bead of the wealth god. This Dzi can assist the owner in bringing in and obtaining fortunes. This Dzi is a symbol Of Wealth, as it brings A Constant Stream Of Wealth & Good Fortune, Gives One Energy & Confidence To Overcome All Obstacles, and Symbolizes Will Powers & Strength & Acts As A Protector. The wave Dzi works to heal the emotions the owner holds and has around wealth, thus freeing the owner to obtain the wealth they desire. Water is a representation of wealth, and is an association given primarily out of oriental beliefs. Especially in feng shui, the placement of water in a household, whether in an advantageous or disadvantageous position, is determinate of the wealth luck of its occupants. Flowing water is viewed as a limitless source of incoming wealth and assets, and are especially auspicious.

 (GARUDA FORM)

NECTAR Longevity Bottle Dzi Bead: The longevity bottle looks like a nectar bottle with a heart inside of the bottle. The longevity bottle will appear as a heart within a heart topped by a cross. This Dzi bead assists the owner by preventing disease. The longevity bottle Dzi bead can help the owner to increase their income. It is believed that this Dzi bead has the power to eradicate sadness and suffering. The longevity bottle bead is said to attract luck for its owner. The longevity bottle bead helps the owner to make money and become healthier. The longevity bottle Dzi bead is always a target for Dzi bead collectors making good beads harder to find.

Ruyi Dzi Bead: Whenever you see the markings of Ruyi next to the name of a specific Dzi bead, the Ruyi indicates a very sacred bead. The absolute most special and sacred of all of the Dzi beads will carry this marking. A Dzi bead with this marking has bean used either in a temple, by monks, or in an alter setting of some kind. The Ruyi bead is very special especially for the collector that wishes artifact beads with the purest and highest energy in them. These Ruyi beads also many times are Dzi beads that have proven themselves to work. The Ruyi notation is generally also indicative of a much older bead. The Ruyi notation is also generally found only on certain types of beads, for instance it will almost never be found on the number eyed beads. The Ruyi notation is probably the rarest and scarcest of all of the Dzi beads. Most collectors will only come across one or two of these notations during their entire collecting history.

 (STRIPED DZI BEAD)

 (STAR & MOON DZI BEAD)

Kwan Yin Dzi Bead: Kwan Yin Pu Sa (also known as Chenrezig in Tibet) is the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion, & is one of the most popular Bodhisattvas in all of Asia. Her name roughly translates as "The One who Hears the Cries of the World." It is reckoned that Kwan Yin Dzi brings forth mental tranquility, and ensures safety in traffic. Kwan Yin is also often times referred to as the green Tara. Many around the world make offerings to Kwan yin regularly. She is believed to hear the cries of humans and attempts to assists with reliving the pain human experience. There is often another figure on the other side of the Kwan Yin. These second figures can be a wide variety of symbols. Once would need to read for the other symbol as well as for Kwan Yin.

 (SUN & MOON DZI BEAD)

(PI YAO DZI BEAD)

 (SEW JU/LONGEVITY DZI BEAD)

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