Buddhist Mantras. Prayers and Chants. Tibetan Buddhist Malas or Threngwa. "......if this essence mantra, the Vajra Guru mantra, is repeated as much as possible, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times, a hundred thousand times, a million, ten million, a hundred million times and so forth, if it is repeated in holy places, in temples, next to great rivers, in areas where gods and demons abound, if it is recited in these places by tantric practitioners with pure samaya, by people with monastic ordination who maintain their vows purely, by men and women who possess faith in the teachings, if they give rise to bodhicitta on a grand scale and recite this mantra, then the benefits and advantages and energy of such practice are truly inconceivable.
This will avert all of the negative forces of disease, famine, unrest, bad harvests and all bad omens and indications in all the countries of the world. Large malas, traditionally made of 108 beads or sometimes 111 if you include dividers, are usually worn around the left wrist. Confession Prayers.