What is the significance of wearing a mala compared to a cross?

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According to Osho, a mala symbolizes life, meditation, and wholeness: each bead is a perfected moment, invisibly threaded by eternity, guiding you toward egoless openness; the cross, by contrast, glorifies death and suffering, fixating on crucifixion rather than living consciousness. Wearing a mala affirms joyful, disciplined awareness and celebration; a cross reflects morbid seriousness and a culture of worshipping death instead of life.

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