Counting facets

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I have some questions. How you count the facets? One one bead I have,

looking at the end, there are the beginnings of six lines. Some of the lines go

all the way to the other hole, and some are interupted by growth or stopped

altogether. Do the interupted lines count, even though they do not go all the

way to the other hole? What about the ones that start and stop. Some beads

have the space where a line should be, and isn't. What about that?

Another question: I just got some Rudrakshas in an auction and I placed them in

water to clean them and the water turned bright red. Have they been dyed? Am I

right in thinking that these beads would not be good to soak for drinking the

water?

And finally, how do you bless/energize a coral mala?

 

Thank you

Maureen

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Namaskar:

 

Try counting the spaces in between the lines.

 

Would not recommend drinking water that has dye in it, for that is

exactly what has happened..

 

Coral is akin to both Ganesh and Lord Hanuman..would suggest using

any of their mantras for mala.

 

Take Care.

 

Kanti

 

, "Maureen Nielson"

<mnielson@n...> wrote:

> Hello,

> I have some questions. How you count the facets? One one bead I

have, looking at the end, there are the beginnings of six lines.

Some of the lines go all the way to the other hole, and some are

interupted by growth or stopped altogether. Do the interupted lines

count, even though they do not go all the way to the other hole?

What about the ones that start and stop. Some beads have the space

where a line should be, and isn't. What about that?

> Another question: I just got some Rudrakshas in an auction and I

placed them in water to clean them and the water turned bright red.

Have they been dyed? Am I right in thinking that these beads would

not be good to soak for drinking the water?

> And finally, how do you bless/energize a coral mala?

>

> Thank you

> Maureen

>

>

>