Chanting sutras, the old monk moved the prayer beads along one at a time.
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A full string of 佛珠 has 108 beads, one for each of the 108 afflictions (烦恼) in Buddhist teaching; wrist strings often have 18. The beads are counted off one by one while chanting. The general word for prayer beads of any faith is 念珠.