Talk:Buddhist prayer beads
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I changed "thought beads" to "mindfulness beads". The characters 念珠 mean nenju, and 念仏 mean nembutsu (see the Nianfo entry). Nembutsu is translated as "mindfulness of the Buddha" so I think "mindfulness" gives a more accurate impression of the meaning than thought.
