Size: 58 millimeters long, 14 millimeters diameter Weight: 15 grams Material: natural carnelian, light beige-grey with bright orange Age: vintage Details: with signs of age and previous usage, but overall in good condition. This bead has a very nice semi-transparent look showing the natural dark and light shades of the agate.
Symbolism:
The 4 eye bead helps in finding your personal spiritual path and road to enlightenment and leading a life filled with compassion and wisdom.
The 4 eye dzi bead is endowed with the qualities of 4 Bodhisattva’s. A bodhisattva is a being (mythical, historical or sometimes even alive person) that is striving for enlightenment, but instead of taking that last and final step of becoming a completely enlightened Buddha and leaving this earth, a boddhisattva consciously chooses to stay on this earth to help other people on their path.
The 4 eye dzi bead is connected with the 4 most well-known and popular Bodhisattva’s; Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Mahasthamaprapta and Maitreya. Being a channel for the qualities from these bodhisattva’s, the 4 eye bead is also very suitable for those striving to make the world a better place for all beings and for those dedicating their life to fight against injustice. It helps to stay in a place of compassion and wisdom and gives a greater perspective on situations, thus helping to make the right decisions for the greater good. Also the 4 eye dzi bead performs a protective function here; it is said that toxic people, liars, hypocrites etc. are naturally driven away by this bead, because they can not bear to stay in the light space that this bead is emitting.
