Custom Malas and Prayer Tools - DestinationOM.com

WELCOME TO DESTINATION OM

WE ARE STILL OPEN ONLINE - To our dear customers fair and wide, we hope you are all doing well during this unprecedented time in the world. Although we are in lock down out here on Salt Spring Island, as most are, we continue to make malas in our home studio. We have many new beads should you wish to place an order and will be updating our site with lots of photos soon. Thinking of everyone and sending out prayers to the world! Much love, Gaurang and Catherine

 

Feel free to browse through the site and if there is something you like you can order the mala # by emailing DestinationOM here.

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Order your DestinationOM Custom Mala by following this link and filling out the form.

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Gaurang and Catherine are the sole mala makers on this site which is based on Saltspring Island, BC CANADA. You will find malas completed and ready for sale on the site, in addition to the malas there are videos created by Gaurang to assist new meditators in basic practices.

NOTE: This website is always changing, updating, and is not a static brochure based site so keep coming back for more information or sign up for email updates for EACH PAGE that is of interest by scrolling down to the left below the logo, entering in your email address in the blank field and clicking "Get email updates."  You may be interested in our "Updates" page.

Photo of our shop above was taken by Dayal of DryTwig Design 

Blessings.

 Gaurang (mala maker)

 

 SIGNATURE: The most obvious design that sets these malas apart from others is that we incorporate a "stretcher" into every mala, which we call a slip knot. It is placed either at the top of the mala (opposite the guru bead) or as the guru bead itself;  and allows the meditator freedom to adjust the spacing between the beads by sliding this knot. CLICK TO WATCH HOW DestinationOM Malas SLIP KNOT WORKS.

 Gaurang learned how to make malas in Bodhgaya, India (where the Buddha obtained enlightenment) and continues to get many of my supplies from the Northern region of India and Nepal.

All malas are hand made by Gaurang and Catherine and come with a GUARANTEE FOR LIFE! We repair the malas for FREE! You post back the beads and we post you back a newly strung mala. With love. We don't want to see a mala go unused, and they do break in time...so this is why we have this guarantee.

Email DestinationOM if you have any questions or click the link here to fill out the form for your DestinationOM custom mala.

Do you think I need a mala?

Click this link for FAQs regarding meditation, mantra, or using DestinationOM custom malas.

The good thing about a mala is that while you are sitting in meditation you can use the beads to count inhale and exhale. Once you become focused on a certain path then you will be given a mantra to recite.

The benefit to counting on a mala is that you are able to gauge the time that you have been sitting in meditation. Often times our mind wanders, we get frustrated or "fidgety" and wonder "Is it over yet?" :) But with a mala, you know how long it takes for you to do a "full round (108)"...so maybe it takes you 40 minutes to do 108 beads (counting your inhale and exhale).

In the taming of the mind and overcoming its ability to force you out of meditation...you can entertain it at times be knowing "how much longer you have". As you become better at your meditations and your ability to sit becomes longer...you can lengthen your inhales and exhales or begin reciting mantras.

One mantra that is commonly used is "HUM SA" or "SO HAM" which means "I am That" or "That is I". At DestinationOM we recommend this mantra to beginners because it is non-denominational and is tuning you into your breathe. 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO INSTRUCTION BY DESTINATION OM - "HUM" is on the INHALE and "SA" on the EXHALE - PAY ATTENTION to your breathing and the space between breaths, eventually this space will increase but don't force it - otherwise it becomes contrived.

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KEEP AN EYE ON THE SITE!

Destination OM elevates to new levels as new stock arrives from overseas and the funds from sales begin to flow into communities where Gaurang has been and met the people. He travels throughout Asia looking for supplies, while looking for locals to employ as buyers.
Gaurang travels around the markets with them and shows them WHO he wants to buy from and what. He then arranges to keep in contact either by phone or email and pay them a wage for buying for us.

With this honour becomes a great responsibility to you as a buyer and to our friends as suppliers.
As we all work together in a purpose higher than our own, we show you what we have to offer. We make all these malas ourselves. Contact us at DestinationOM for custom orders.

New items are ALWAYS arriving and this site is far from a stagnant brochure based site so if you are interested in purchasing please sign up to the corresponding page on the left under "get email updates" and you will be informed of any changes to that page.

We thank you all for being a part of this greater vision. With love. Look, read, and enjoy.

LEARN MORE ABOUT BUDDHISM

This link has been offered by a friend (Lauren) who felt that it would be a great service to many of you. Feel free to CLICK THE LINK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BUDDHISM.

Blessings.

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Our goal is to provide quality custom malas that are each one of a kind and made specifically for you. If you go to DestinationOM's Custom Mala Centre page than you can follow the step by step instructions and fill the form out to get your own custom mala; otherwise we premake many that you can find on the site and as they sell we are always updating the malas available.

Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to know when the site is updated as well as connect with other like-minded meditators that also use DestinationOM custom malas.

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