Four-Armed Sarasvati with Pearls Rare most important of the Buddhist

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Four-Armed Sarasvati with Pearls Rare most important of the Buddhist"This Sarasvati is painted in a style similar to the Hindu tradition. She holds the veena, the pearl mala, and the sutra. She is riding a white swan on the river of Sarasvati. Lots of mornings I do a Sarasvati chant with my pearl mala that I received from Joan Halifax. I do this usually three times, seven times, twenty times, or 108 times. In Japan, theres a sutra called the Three Day Completion, or Wish Granting Sarasvati Sutra. The sutra requires