Rudraksha originated?

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, rudracenter

<no_reply wrote:

>

> Dear Friends

>

> Kerry Ji is right about this........about two weeks ago I printed

> the first part of the Siva Purana that shows the origin of the

Holy

> Rudraksha......it in the message section for anyone to read and

the

> books of Siva Purana can be found at www.natarajbooks.com in the

> US............and what Kerry Ji said about Hindus takeing

Rudraksha

> to Java has a strong possibility of being true also however have

not

> been able to find any information on this one yet........I would

> think it would be true as the Hindu Monestary in Hawaii has a

> Rudraksha Tree forest where they brought the Beads to

> Hawaii.............. however the trees there are a different

species

> than the Nepal Rudraksha Trees so they are not Nepal in

> origin.....this was told to me by one of the Sadhakas there when

we

> wanted to import the Rudraksha Trees to the US however we wanted

the

> nepal trees species of Eleocarpus ganitrus roxb and they could not

> provide this

>

> here is one of the difficulty in assessing this one and trying to

> figure it out.....there are about 300 different species subspecies

> of the Holy Rudraksha and most of the Indonesian beads are the

> smaller 2mm to 10 mm size that we generally call Punch Mukhi

> Rudraksha even though Mrs Neeta has been able to find them in

other

> Mukhis besides five Mukhi

>

> then there are another spcies of Rudraksha Beads that are larger

and

> look more like the round Nepal Beads however they do not have the

> size or luxuriouse exterior protrusions and Mukhis on the outside

of

> the beads as do the beads of Gauda Land............these could be

> most likely a subspecies of the original species of beads or nepal

> beads brought from India and planted in an environment that does

not

> give them enough nourishment to become large and full like the

Nepal

> Beads that are grown in the rich environment of the Himalaya Forest

>

> In the early 1900s and maybe even earlier the Indonesians had the

> opportunity to tell people that the indonesian beads were more

> powerful than the larger beads....this is because they had the

> smaller beads to sell

>

> and in addition this may have been due to the fact that Nepal was

> remote and the Arun Valley where the remaining forest is was

> isolated and Indonesia was right in the middle of South Asian

trade

> routes.......In telling the world that the small Indonesian

> Rudraksha were the most powerful they made a liveing selling these

> small punch mukhi malas world wide.......only difficulty here is

> they were telling people something that was not true specific to

> origin and size of beads simply to sell a holy item and make money

> to feed their families so they really cannot be judged in one way

or

> another however we can at least read the Siva Purana now and see

> exactly what is the truth

>

> Siva Purana and all other puranas that follow clearly state the

> larger the bead the most Auspicious and the smaller the bead the

> least.........they are all Rudraksha........its simply wrong to

tell

> others that the smaller beads are more powerful as the beads of

> Indonesia are more readily available in quantity........and it

takes

> maybe 10 Indonesian beads to make the same effect as one Nepal

> bead.......... that is one reason they are less

expensive.......they

> have same effects only for some reason at lower levels of

intensity

> and power

>

> hope this helps a little to further explain about origins of the

> Holy Rudraksha and where anyone can find the information needed

for

> their investigations.......another book on our website to read is

> the book by Dr Subas Rai named Rudraksha Values and Merits as it

> takes the reader from the Origins of the Holy Rudraksha to the

> scientific studies done in Bangalore in the 1980s to ascertain the

> true nature of he Holy Rudraksha in scientific terms and then they

> catalogued all the books with Rudraksha Quotation

>

> Those who would like to continue their investigatgions there is an

> article to read that will also help and is in our article section

in

> the R section named Rudraksha for Health and Self Empowerment

>

> Wishing you and Family the Best

>

> DD

>

> , "ana_raguin"

> <ana_raguin@> wrote:

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> > , "kerryhermes"

> > <kerryhermes@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Hi Ana,

> > >

> > > I've been learning a lot from this Group's discussions ever

> since

> > > joining. From what I gathered in messages posted by various

> > > knowledgeable folks about the origins of rudraksha, it

> originated

> > in

> > > Nepal as is cited in Sanskrit texts. It did not originate

from

> > Java

> > > (Indonesia) as Java was not part of Gauda Land where rudraksha

> > > origins began.

> > >

> > > Java once had a Hindu influence mainly in Borobudur (I think).

> Its

> > > somewhere in the history books. So I guess Hindus who settled

in

> > > Java, brought rudraksha beads to Java and that's how they

> started

> > > growing there.

> > >

> > > Best wishes,

> > > Kerry

> > >

> > >

> > >

, "ana_raguin"

> > > <ana_raguin@> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > By the way, would you know where original rudraksha came

from?

> I

> > > > read somewhere that it originated from Indonesia then was

just

> > > > planted in Nepal. Cannot find the link though.

> > > >

> > > > Is this true or did it start in Nepal?

> > > >

> > > > Ana

> > >

> >

>