When we attend funerals, memorial services, or visit graves and family altars, we naturally place "prayer beads (nenju/juzu)" ...

In news guaranteed to delight Buddhists and botanists around the world, a special kind of tree from central Nepal, the seeds of which are used to make a type of Buddhist prayer beads, has been ...

Taiwanese tech company Acer has made Buddhist prayer beads that can help keep track of recited mantras. The beads have a smart chip that tracks the number of times a mantra is repeated and displays ...

Our possessions are more than mere objects. Our possessions tell our stories. They evoke memories. They become intertwined with our identities. Over the next few days, MLive will share the stories of ...

Preparing for Room 11 of the Tokyo National Museum. Buddhist statues of Asuka and Nara, glass beads sleeping under Kofuku-ji ...