Guest guest Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Dear Ole, In short, there is not a conflict of interest if one walks the straight and middle path. If you want to be a tyagi Vaishnava, full of misery, then just offend Lord Shiva by ignoring His blessings. Lord Shiva is the GREATEST Vaishnava, as well as being one of the Trimurti, and He is said to be God as yougurt is milk. Many people are afraid to become Vaishnavas because they fear material ruination. This is not the case. Vishnu is not ones ill-wisher. God has better things to do than cause his devotees to be in poverty. In fact, His consort is the Goddess of Fortune Herself. Lord Hari doesn't even recriprocate unless He is approached (asked). Just as ghee is in the cow's body but there is no benefit to the cow; it is by milking the cow, creating ghee, and feeding the gree to the cow that it derives benefit. In the same way God is in everyone, but He normally doesn't act unless requested to do so (prayer). I wear a Tulasi neck mala complete with a 14 mukhi Rudraksha. And there is no conflict. Tulasi is fine and Rudraksha is fine. FINE+FINE=FINE. Lord Krishna taught Yukta Vairagya, or balanced life, not poverty. We must be self sufficent and not be a burden. And for material and spiritual blessings Rudraksha is the most recommended talisman in the Shastras. It is the ultimate Hindu talisman, and is available to all, rich and poor. My suggestion is that you wear only ONE Rudraksha bead of your choice for good luck. And Lord Shiva is happy to grant well-being to those who respect and take advantage of His greatness. I think you are wearing too many Rudraksha. If you want a Rudraksha that is best for Hari Bhakti then use a single Dos (10) Mukhi. If you want relief from problems then wear a 14 mukhi. You only need ONE good Nepali Rudraksha to compliment your Tulasi. Be sure to use Nepali Rudraksha for maximum benefit. Om Shreem!!! Y/s, Richard sacred-objects, "alstrup" <alstrup> wrote: > Dear Richard, > > Pranams Dandavats > > I read a very interesting piece you wrote at the RSBC group which was > also published at > > http://www.rudraksha-ratna.com/articledt.php?art_id=203 > > I wanted to ask you if there is any conflict of interest according > to Gaudiya Vaishnavism to wear Rudraksha and Tulasi at the same time? > > I am asking because some Rudraksha beads give more material > blessings while Srimate Tulasi wants to give pure devotion to > Krishna. > > I have all Nepali Rudraksha beads up to 14 mukhi in genuine > collector size offered to Aghora Face of Lord Pashupatinath in Nepal. > > But I discovered I have problems wearing Tulasi and Rudraksha at the > same time, it feels like there is a energetic conflict of interest. > I wonder if it because the rasa is different? > > The reason why I started wearing Rudraksha beads was to appeal to > Lord Shiva to improve my material circumstances. Maybe this is not > possible when trying to become a devotee of Lord Krishna? > > Do you wear Tulasi and Rusraksha at the same time? > > I tried to discuss more in detail about this at the Open Rudraksha > , but unfortunately the discussion eventually turned into > an attack on Gaudiya Vaishnavism. > > But if you read these two postings below, you would get the details > of what I was trying to convey: > > /message/1176 > /message/1194 > > I would really appreciate your comments. I have long been searching > for a Vaishnava with experience in this field. > > Thank you for any help, > > Ys, Ole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Dear Richard, Please accept my heartfelt thanks for these insights. Actually, I was last week trying to wear my 14 mukhi alone, suddenly I got inspiration to do that out of the blue. My experience was really amazing, but I had to wear 5 mukhi mala to ground myself, the energy felt too high. I was not wearing it since I dissasembled my Siddha Mala in early 2004. I had some apprehension of wearing 14 mukhi because of some strong initial experiences when it was combined with the other beads. Yesterday I was wearing with Tulasi and it felt really good. I will follow your recommendation and see what happens. I desperately need to improve my material circumstances and personal wellbeing. Many thanks, Ole sacred-objects, "Richard Shaw Brown" <rsbj66> wrote: > Dear Ole, > > In short, there is not a conflict of interest if one walks the straight and middle > path. If you want to be a tyagi Vaishnava, full of misery, then just offend Lord > Shiva by ignoring His blessings. Lord Shiva is the GREATEST Vaishnava, as > well as being one of the Trimurti, and He is said to be God as yougurt is milk. > > Many people are afraid to become Vaishnavas because they fear material > ruination. This is not the case. Vishnu is not ones ill-wisher. God has better > things to do than cause his devotees to be in poverty. In fact, His consort is the > Goddess of Fortune Herself. > > Lord Hari doesn't even recriprocate unless He is approached (asked). Just as > ghee is in the cow's body but there is no benefit to the cow; it is by milking the > cow, creating ghee, and feeding the gree to the cow that it derives benefit. In > the same way God is in everyone, but He normally doesn't act unless > requested to do so (prayer). > > I wear a Tulasi neck mala complete with a 14 mukhi Rudraksha. And there is > no conflict. Tulasi is fine and Rudraksha is fine. FINE+FINE=FINE. > > Lord Krishna taught Yukta Vairagya, or balanced life, not poverty. We must be > self sufficent and not be a burden. And for material and spiritual blessings > Rudraksha is the most recommended talisman in the Shastras. It is the > ultimate Hindu talisman, and is available to all, rich and poor. > > My suggestion is that you wear only ONE Rudraksha bead of your choice for > good luck. And Lord Shiva is happy to grant well-being to those who respect > and take advantage of His greatness. I think you are wearing too many > Rudraksha. If you want a Rudraksha that is best for Hari Bhakti then use a > single Dos (10) Mukhi. If you want relief from problems then wear a 14 mukhi. > > You only need ONE good Nepali Rudraksha to compliment your Tulasi. Be > sure to use Nepali Rudraksha for maximum benefit. > > Om Shreem!!! > > Y/s, Richard > > > sacred-objects, "alstrup" <alstrup> wrote: > > Dear Richard, > > > > Pranams Dandavats > > > > I read a very interesting piece you wrote at the RSBC group which was > > also published at > > > > http://www.rudraksha-ratna.com/articledt.php?art_id=203 > > > > I wanted to ask you if there is any conflict of interest according > > to Gaudiya Vaishnavism to wear Rudraksha and Tulasi at the same time? > > > > I am asking because some Rudraksha beads give more material > > blessings while Srimate Tulasi wants to give pure devotion to > > Krishna. > > > > I have all Nepali Rudraksha beads up to 14 mukhi in genuine > > collector size offered to Aghora Face of Lord Pashupatinath in Nepal. > > > > But I discovered I have problems wearing Tulasi and Rudraksha at the > > same time, it feels like there is a energetic conflict of interest. > > I wonder if it because the rasa is different? > > > > The reason why I started wearing Rudraksha beads was to appeal to > > Lord Shiva to improve my material circumstances. Maybe this is not > > possible when trying to become a devotee of Lord Krishna? > > > > Do you wear Tulasi and Rusraksha at the same time? > > > > I tried to discuss more in detail about this at the Open Rudraksha > > , but unfortunately the discussion eventually turned into > > an attack on Gaudiya Vaishnavism. > > > > But if you read these two postings below, you would get the details > > of what I was trying to convey: > > > > /message/1176 > > /message/1194 > > > > I would really appreciate your comments. I have long been searching > > for a Vaishnava with experience in this field. > > > > Thank you for any help, > > > > Ys, Ole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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