Tibetan mala, 108 lapis lazuli beads, three carved jade stops, large brown jade center bead, silver counters with dorje and bell charms inset with turquoise. LAPIS LAZULI: in Tibetan Buddhism, Lapis Blue is associated with the “Medicine Buddha.” Lapis Lazuli is a “stone of total awareness”, helping to bring conscious atonement to the intuitive and psychic aspects of one’s nature, as well as expand awareness and intellectual capacity.