Tibetan Stripe Dzi 特殊弯月型天珠

这颗特殊弯月型天珠与【光华畵报雑誌】中华民国八十七年十月 第二十三卷 第十期 第三十八页（從宗教看天珠）和褂在佛手上的那一颗很类似。

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Tebetan Stripe Dzi 四线线珠

这颗线珠极为特殊，质地呈深红色，有白线四条，黑线三条，黑白强烈对比，在线珠中属上上品，极难得。

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Tibetan Dzi Green Tara 西藏天珠

这颗色泽夺目的真品天珠，线条黑白分明在强烈光缐下不透光，是颗品相完美的天珠，属难得收藏珍品。

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Tibetan Dragon Dzi 特殊六佛眼天珠 龙眼天珠

这是一颗极为特殊的天珠，天珠的眼纹有如凤眼称为佛眼。其色泽呈深棕色纹路清晰，非常少见，能收藏供养这种极品天珠者福报不小。

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Tibetan Dzi Wavy Form 波纹状天珠

难得一见的波纹状天珠，毎粒都色泽夺目，线条黑白分明，在强烈的光缐下不透光，属难得收藏珍品。

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Tibetan Nine Eyes Dzi 九眼天珠

Ten years ago, a friend showed me this very unique & beautiful nine eyes Dzi to me. I got a shock at that moment, when I hold this Dzi in my hand I can feel some kind of energy going through my body. In my mind how wonderful it would be if I can own this treasure. I ask him to sell it to me but he refused and said time is not ripe yet.

Three years later he visited me and said you are the most suitable person who can own this nine eyes Dzi. I am so happy now to put in my post to show a token of appreciation.

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Tibetan Dzi bead Heaven and Earth 天地天珠/一眼天珠

From Wikipedia,

Dzi bead (pronounced “zee”) is a bead stone of mysterious origin worn as part of a necklace and sometimes as a bracelet. In several Asian cultures, including that of Tibet, the bead is considered to provide positive spiritual benefit. These beads are generally prized as protective amulets and are sometimes ground up into a powder to be used in traditional Tibetan medicine. Beads subject to this process have small “dig marks” where a portion of the bead has been scraped or shaved away to be ground into the medicine.

Beads that are broken are believed to have a diluted benefit, because they have taken the brunt of the force that it is assumed would have otherwise impacted the wearer.

The most highly prized dzi beads are made of natural agate. Others were apparently manufactured in ancient times. There are also modern imitations made for decorative purposes.

Design

Dzi stones are made from agate, and may have decorated symbols composed of circles, ovals, square, waves (zig zags), stripes, lines, diamonds, circles, squares, waves, and stripes and various other natural archetypal symbolic patterns. Colors will mainly range from browns to blacks with the pattern usually being in ivory white. Dzi beads can appear in different colours, shapes and sizes.

The number of “eyes” on the stone is considered significant. “Eyes” are the circular dot or eye-like designs, and depending on their number and arrangement, they represent different things.

Sometimes the natural patterns (usually “layered” swirls) of the agate can be seen underneath or behind the decorated symbols and designs, and sometimes not. Some dzi beads sport what are referred to as “blood spots” which can be seen as red dots in the white areas, and these are indicative of cinnabar content. This is highly desirable, but more rare. Another desirable effect is something called “Nāga skin” or “dragon skin,” which refers to the cracking patterns on the surface of the bead, that simulates scales.

The word “waxy” is often used to describe dzi bead surface, which is the smoothing which occurs over a long period of time (presumably from wear), giving the bead a waxy appearance. Some dzi beads are simply polished agate and sport only the agate’s natural patterning as decoration.

There are beads referred to as “chung dzi” or simply “chung beads” which are often highly polished agate designs, can be any variety of colors, may include hand carved designs, or they look very similar to a dzi bead but because of their depictions (for example, the shape of Quan Yin) are not true dzi. Chung dzis include such designs as yin-yang symbols, dragons, and other “newer” designs that were not around during the time true dzi beads were supposedly created. Chung dzi are believed to embody similar properties as dzi but should not be confused with true dzi beads (they often cost much less than true dzi).

Origin

Dzi stones may have made their first appearance between 2000 BC to 1000 BC, in ancient Tibet: a few thousand were brought back by Tibetan soldiers from Persia. Dzis were crafted using agate as the base stone and then fabricated with lines and circles using unique ancient methods and techniques by Persian craftsmen. Scientific bead makers can now manufacture apparent dzi stones in bulk, but the techniques and methods used by ancient craftsmen still are not completely understood.^[1]. Fear of the “evil eye” was taken very seriously by these people, so they created talismans with “eyes” on them as a “fight fire with fire” form of protection.

While the origin surrounding dzi beads is quite uncertain, it is socially accepted today that they are called “Tibetan beads”. They are found primarily in Tibet, 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. One reason the beads may be found near the surface in places such as freshly tilled fields, for example, may be because ancient monks were burned in funeral pyres (wearing the beads), and long after the remains were gone, the beads therefore remained, and were found at later dates. Since knowledge of the bead is derived from oral traditions, the beads have provoked controversy concerning their source, method of manufacture and even precise definition. In Tibetan culture they are believed to attract protector deities^[2]

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Tibetan Thirteen Eyes Dzi 十三眼天珠

This very special and auspicious thirteen eyes dzi is a symbol of five Buddhas & eight Bodhisatovas, because of its five & eight eyes on each side, and this dzi saved my life when I met an accident in 27 Dec 1998. I will hold on to this dzi as long as I lived.

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Tibetan Seven Eyes Dzi 七眼天珠

This is a translucent Tibetan Dzi with seven eyes. I display this piece here just for a short while,

after that I am going to give it to my best friend as a gift.

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Tibetan Natural Eye Dzi 天然眼天珠

Tibetan Dzi natural eye

This natural eye Dzi – a friend told me it looks like a peacock eye, but to me it looks more like a milky way with a sun and moon.

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