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Buddha Chitta seeds change rural Nepal (Level A1) — A young girl wearing a red and gold costume

Buddha Chitta seeds change rural NepalCEFR A1

2 Nov 2025

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Adapted from Sonia Awale, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0

Photo by Shreyashka Maharjan, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
76 words
  • A new market for Buddha Chitta seeds changed rural Nepal villages.
  • The plant is Buddha Chitta (Ziziphus budhensis).
  • It grows around Kanpur in Kavre, central Nepal.
  • Kanpur is about 56 kilometers from Kathmandu city.
  • People make beads from seeds for a Buddhist prayer mala.
  • Prices rose after the Dalai Lama spoke in Taiwan.
  • One-faced beads and 7–8 mm beads are the rarest.
  • A 108-bead mala can cost NPR 1.5 million, a high price.

Difficult words

  • seed — Part of a plant that can grow.
    seeds
  • farm — People who grow crops or raise animals.
    farmers
  • money — What people use to buy things.
  • valuable — Something that has a lot of worth.
  • region — An area or part of a country.
  • special — Different from what is usual.

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Discussion questions

  • What do you think makes a seed special?
  • Have you ever seen a prayer necklace?
  • Why do people find value in seeds?

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