How do you use Buddhist prayer beads?

Answer 1

hold them while you pray, after each deity, or prayer you recite, you move one bead through your hand. The beads are used to count how many recites you have done. Usually there are 108 beads, the extra 8 are for mistakes or miss counts that could have of happened. Sorry for bad English, hope this was answer you were looking for! Take care.

Answer 2

At the end of each prayer, it is sunnah, or recommended, to say tasbeeh, or "remembrance". This consists of saying "subhannallah" ("praises be to God"), "alhamdulillah" ("thanks be to God"), and "allahu akbar" ("God is the greatest") 33 times each. To keep track, some Muslims use prayer beads.

Usually, there are 99 small beads and 3 large beads. You start at the bead next to a large bead and work your way around. When you reach the next large bead, you move on to the next expression.

Another way of keeping track is the segments on each finger. Your thumb has 2, and your index, middle, and ring fingers each have 3. That's a total of 11 sections (not including your pinky). You can say each expression once per section 3 times (3*11 = 33). You can go a step further and keep track of the sets of 11 on your left hand as you say them on the right.