Article last updated on 06th march 2017
This is the second part of the two part series on Rudraksha both articles together cover the following topics:
This is the second part of the two part series on Rudraksha both articles together cover the following topics:
Information about Rudraksha plus
some information about the Kohinoor diamond and the Indian Vedic cows, about
Kriya yoga and finally some criticism about sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Please click on the link to read the first part
Please click on the link to read the first part
Rudraksha and Ek (one)mukhi Rudraksha
Big, spherical (round) Rudraksha with a natural
hole are the best
Rudraksha worn in a metal casing (cap) generate
more power, usually the casing is made of silver or from panchdhatu
(combination of 5 metals)
Avoid buying Rudraksha beads which are already put in a metal cap or casing; as sometimes the beads get damaged when the metal is passed in the hole, also damaged or cracked beads are sometimes sold by covering them in a metal casing---you can purchase the Rudraksha beads and then get them set in a cap / casing under your supervision
It is much better to wear many Rudraksha even if they are of a lower mukhi rather than wearing only one bead or a few higher mukhi Rudraksha
It is much better to wear many Rudraksha even if they are of a lower mukhi rather than wearing only one bead or a few higher mukhi Rudraksha
Rudraksha are so good and auspicious to look at; do
not cover all the beads you ware with your clothes, always keep a part of the
Rudraksha bead’s exposed
All Rudraksha beads sink in water; however a
genuine rudraksha can also float in water if the bead is unripe, that is the
bead is plucked from the tree before maturity or there is a hole in it and when
air is trapped or if the bead has got dehydrated due to aging also there are
some varieties of genuine Rudraksha whose density is not enough to make them sink
Rudraksha beads are classified from their country
of origin; Nepal, Indonesia or India; then further classified by their mukhis
and size of the bead but never by their colour (beads are of white, red, yellow
and black in colour). Because once they are processed by dipping them in oil
and after wearing them for a few months, all varieties age and turn black or
deep brown
People say that there is a mention of up to 14
mukhis only in the scriptures; but there are higher mukhi beads in the
Indonesian variety, higher mukhi beads of 21 22 23 25 29 38 have also been
documented mainly in Indonesia and Rudraksha up to 27 mukhis have been reported
from Nepal.
In several higher mukhi beads 11mukhi to 14 mukhi there
may be two holes on the bead.
Only one or two pieces of 20 or 21 mukhis and one
or two Trijuti occur in nature each year
Spherical beads---70% of all Spherical (round) Rudraksha
beads are five mukhis, after that four and six mukhis are also common, followed
by three and seven mukhis which are also easily available, then as the number
of mukhis increase ease of availability decreases (that means a thirteen mukhi
is less easily available than a twelve mukhi and so on); however the exceptions
are that a nine mukhi is more rare than a ten mukhi and the two mukhi bead is
even rarer than a thirteen mukhi bead
More than 9o% of all Indian oval shaped Rudraksha
beads are three mukhis, remaining are 2 mukhis and very rarely one mukhi
Around 75% of all Rudraksha beads come from
Indonesia, only 5% from Nepal and the remaining mostly from India and some
other countries
Though the Rudraksha tree starts to flower early:
they do not give Rudraksha fruits till the age of ten; from the age of ten to
fifteen years the Rudraksha tree gives beads of four to seven mukhis only,
trees older than 15 years give beads with seven or higher mukhis
One mukhi rudraksha---the spherical,
perfectly round one mukhi bead from Nepal is so very rare that people have
started to believe that they do not exist at all
The extremely rare one mukhi beads from Indonesia
are small in size say 8 to 10 mm in length and 4 to 7mm in central diameter
again they are not spherical but elliptical
The south Indian type of one mukhi Rudraksha which
are Half-moon, crescent moon or Cashew-nut
shaped without a hole; they are overhyped in TV advertisements and hence
sold at a high cost they are common in south India where they are available from
local tribes for a less price
I have read a study report by
botanist of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, in the
report they have mentioned—I quote “Moon shaped ék mukhi' rudraksha is the seed
of E. tuberculatus that is deformed.” May be that is the reason that I have
seen Swamis wearing this type of Rudraksha but not moon shaped but a straight
bead (photos in part-1), I sent an E mail to clarify on the “deformed” part but
I have yet to receive a reply
One mukhi Rudraksha beads are also available from
Andaman, Haiti, Brazil but again they are not spherical in shape
United States is the largest importer of Rudraksh
beads from India
All parts of all the species of Rudraksha tree’s;
roots, trunk, leaves, fruit, seed have various medical benefits
Rudraksha beads have magnetic electrical biomedical
properties as well
People also practice the Rudraksha water therapy: -
Immerse a few beads of Rudraksha in water in either an earthen or copper pot
for a day or two and drink that water. Replace beads after a few months; but
for this use raw Rudraksha beads from the tree and not the ones that are dipped
in oil
I have worn many types of Rudraksha and felt good without having any problems however once someone gave me three big, high density five
mukhi Rudraksha beads in silver casings before giving it to me he kept them on
a big Meru Shree Yantra; I could not wear them as wearing them created a lot of
discomfort, later my sister wore them for a few days but after that she also stopped
wearing them
Do not fall into the trap of the people who are
into the Rudraksha business; they would give you all types of recommendations
regarding mukhis as per your problems, they are out to make money, I visited a
store in Mumbai (Bombay) called Rudra Cent.e
to buy a Shivling for my sister, a couple with a child were there, they
were not happy with the expensive Rudraksha beads sold to them earlier with the
hope that their business will flourish, the lady owner managed to convince them
and ended up selling more Rudraksha items to them including a bracelet for the
child which cost a couple of thousand rupees and in the end she told them “you
should have good business sense for your
business to flourish”
Rudraksha beads are not to solve your life’s
problems, if you have questions like how will wearing the Rudraksha help me;
the answer is nothing will happen to you if you have such thoughts in your mind
Rudraksha beads are for your spiritual development
(of course they have health benefits as well), it is a mutual process you
enrich the Rudraksha bead and the Rudraksha bead brings about more blessings
and lets you to tune in to a higher level
Stay away from the Godmen, Gurus who claim to
energise spiritual items for you, I have written about them in this article
Please click on the link to read the article
Why I don’t like to
purchase Rudraksha beads from the market
For boosting sales the dealers relate myths and
legends about the power of the bead and are using various branding and
tele-marketing techniques to sell the beads. This has fuelled demand resulting
in increased collection of the seeds, hampering natural regeneration.
In this day and age where there is a huge demand
nothing is grown naturally, similarly the Rudraksha beads are also processed
with sulphuric acid, and other chemicals are used
When the outer blue cover is not removed in time it
hardens and becomes thick and black in colour, to remove this hard cover whole
sellers bury the Rudraksha beads in the ground along with cow dung mixed with
salt then boil the beads, you see; something falling on the ground is one thing
but when anything is buried in the ground it loses its spiritual power
Of late very big size Rudraksha beads are available
in the market: they are hybrid and certainly not grown naturally
This is just a money making industry where people
handle the beads like a commodity they do not have any spiritual feeling as
they process the beads and make a mala, rosary or any other item from the
Rudraksha beads
It is best to get naturally grown beads from the
forest (of course higher mukhi beads will not be available) and process them yourself
otherwise it is best to go for five mukhi beads as they are so common that no
fakes are available and they are mostly picked up from the forest
It is my dream to settle in an unpolluted green
environment like the Himalaya and plant Rudraksha and other trees in accordance
with nature and built a place where spiritually minded people can stay, till
date it has remained a dream as I am not able to form a group of such like-minded
people
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Settling in a greenenvironment like the Himalayas—forming a community / travel group.
Astronauts ----theEarth's Heartbeat---- Living amidst Nature
Fake Rudraksha beads
Only a few higher mukhi beads occur in nature every
year; but you see so many higher mukhi beads in the shops, so you can make out
the amount of fake beads that are there in the market
India is the biggest producer of fake Rudraksha
beads
Making fake Rudraksha beads is an organised
industry, having well equipped workshops
High level of craftsmanship is required to make
fake Rudraksha beads and the workers doing this are very talented artist who
have decided to use their talent for making fake Rudraksha rather than for
something constructive
Spherical one faced rudraksh is made by carving
berries, betel nut and areca nut, stalks are also implanted on them to give
them genuine looks.
Sometimes To make one and two mukhi fake Rudraksha
from four or five mukhi beads; all other mukhis or clefts are skilfully removed
or extra mukhis are sealed off by pasting special type of synthetic material or
by natural resin or small pieces of other rudraksha or wood dust or particles
of wood
Almost all Indian oval one mukhi beads which are
available are made in this way, in the X-ray only one seed is visible hence it
can be proved easily that the Rudraksha is a one mukhi bead but as I have
written in part-1, all Indian oval Rudraksha beads called Haridwar / Dehradun Rudraksha have only one seed
inside irrespective if they are one, two or three mukhi
Another method is by making small beads from a
resinous material.
Large oval and round Ek Mukhi beads are made by
making a ball of crushed Rudraksha or lac, gum of plant origin, honeybee comb
wax with resin as a binding material.
Large sized perfectly round Ek Mukhi beads upto
four inches diameter are also made from fruits of the plant Couroptia sps. (Canon ball tree).
High quality imported
adhesives which do not melt when boiled are used to stick two or three
Rudraksha beads to make Gaurishankar or Trijuti beads
In some two mukhi Nepal rudraksha, the second line
does not gets completed fully and they are sold as one mukhi Rudraksha
To manipulate natural grow the rudraksha fruit is
mechanically suppressed by putting a vice or clamp over it on the tree itself
before it ripens so that a one mukhi Rudraksha bead is produced
Beads with carved snakes, serpent heads, tridents
and Shivlings are all fakes.
Left:Fake beads Made
by Joining Two Beads; Right: Betel nut carved as Rudraksh
Fake Beads Carved from
Beetle Nut and Other Similar Seeds
Fake Beads with Carved
Serpents and Shivlings
Fake Round Ek Mukhi
Rudraksh with a Carved Trident and Attached Stalk Sold at ebay
Xray---Left: fake
bead no compartment visible, Right:real bead with developed compartments which
hold the seeds
And now after fake
Rudraksha beads let me tell you something about fake Gurus
My mother always tells me not to write bad
about anybody, many people who know me also tell me to look at only the good in
others; but still I write about the Gurus and Godmen so that the people may
awaken, I have been through all these phases, followed cults, made Gurus, but
finally I got that realization where I can differentiate between
good and bad
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Learning from the ants
About sadguru jaggi vasudev
We are always guided by omens; whenever we try to
associate ourselves with some person, if we study the person carefully we will
surely be guided whether to associate ourselves with the person or not.
This is the photo of sadguru jaggi vasudev at the
maha shivratri celebrations; look where has he placed Shankars image in the
shawl-- right at his feet, this is a clear indication how much he values
spirituality
People say he goes in into a deep trance during the
celebrations, he puts in a show; I feel that looking at his watch and being
aware of the time, constantly adjusting his cloths to look prim and proper are
no signs of a person in trance
He does not know the difference between Shiv and
Shankar and Adi yogi
At his ashrama a 680 kgs mercury lingam is kept
immersed in the Theerthakund and people take a dip / bath in the mercury water
and enter the Dhyanalinga area without wiping their bodies.
On the very website of the Dhyanalinga, in the
theerthakund section this godman has written; I quote directly from his site...
“…. And mercury is the heaviest substance on the planet…..” he is wrong; mercury
is not the heaviest substance on the planet, even gold is much heavier than
mercury.
I am sure that this flamboyant God man knows
nothing about ancient Vedic science of solidifying mercury or removing the
toxic effects of mercury.
People who take a dip here may be at a risk of
mercury poisoning
In this video his disciples sing the eternal words
of Adi Shankaracharya, all dressed in a fixed uniform that they are supposed to
wear, all having to shave their heads compulsory, all having to follow a fixed
routine and then they sing-- I am bliss, I am eternal, I am totally free…..nevertheless
enjoy the immortal words of Adi Shankaracharya, such words are rarely composed
on Earth
