Many spiritual traditions use prayer malas with 108 beads for devotional prayer, mantra and meditation.108 is a significant number and has multiple meanings depending on the spiritual practice including the wholeness of existence and the basis of all creation. Tibetan Buddhists call the state of existence between life and rebirth, the bardo. After a person dies, their soul travels through this bardo meeting all manner of beneficial and terrifying apparitions. Buddhists believe prayers and well wishes from those on Earth can help support those traveling through the bardo, easing their transition and encouraging an auspicious reincarnation. These malas or necklaces and pendants are made concurrent and with The REQUEIM Project.
