Soaking Rudraksha Beads - Cont.

[Guest guest]

I wanted to follow up and let you know the effects of soaking my new

collector size beads in plain mustard oil last month for the duration of

15 hours, which seems to haves been tremendously good to these beads.

 

It is very interesting to note how the color and lustre has continually

changed over the last month since the soaking took place (I had not

expected that), also very surprising/fascinating is to see how certain

beads of previous similar color slowly change into a different colors

than others and some gain a different type of lustre and a few darken

quite a bit. Some previously quite similar looking beads get a totally

different look. I wonder what exactly is causing this, but I guess the

only thing one can say is that the chemical composition of the wooden

matter is slightly different in each bead and so they react chemically

different to the oil.

 

I wonder how soaking in other oils oils affect the look of the beads,

has anyone here done a comparison? I guess the only way to be sure would

be to test similar looking beads from the same tree. I was told by an

informed person in Nepal that certain Rudraksha farmers sometimes soak

unripen beads in oil up to two weeks to give them more ripen appearance

and heaviness. Should one only buy heavy beads which do not have a

glossy soaked saturated look to it to be sure the bead was harvested in

a ripen state? However, some beads are naturally glossy and so there

could be exceptions, I am definitely no experienced collector.

 

I am also curious if the color and look of beads change when the

Rudraksha trees become older and bigger. The higher mukhi beads I have

in my Pashupatinath Siddha Mala from 2003 all came from a small

Rudraksha jungle near Kathmandu and has a very different look to that of

many collector beads from Arun Valley, they are more dark and very big.

Would be interesting to know more about the botanical aspects of how

beads change on a tree when it is young and subsequently when it

matures, perhaps Chandrashekharji and others can share something in this

regard.

 

Thanks,

 

Ole

[Guest guest]

dear friend

 

shivapuran and other holy scriptures mentioned the four colours of

the rudraksha viz. white, red, yellow and black allotted to the four

varnas viz. brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras. even though

modern man stopped believing caste system, i personally believe that

the best (which also the most rarest) is white rudraksha. till date

i have not seen a single round white rudraksha and would be more

than happy to get one of any mukh if someone offers. only last year

i was fortunate to get few beads of white ekmukh kaaju (halfmoon

type) rudraksha. these rudraksh have been soaked in oil for several

days and their colour did not change except that the pure milky

white has turned to creamy white. some customers who bought them

put in boiling water and then also it remained white. i still have

a couple of these white kaaju ekmukh beads.

 

but many of the red and yellow coloured rudraksha when soaked in oil

for several days have turned to black or dark yellow.

 

so personally i feel the white coloured round rudraksha of any mukh

are most auspicious and unfortunately i have not yet got a single

white round bead of any mukh.

 

i heard (not seen) that many rudraksha growers apply colour, oil and

chemical mixed water to get them cleaned of infests and get good

look. so we all who sell rudraksha must clean them thoroughly and

soak them in oil again to find their natural colours before making

them available to others.

 

with best wishes and blessings

pandit arjun

mobile # 9948892439

 

 

sacred-objects, "alstrup" <alstrup wrote:

>

>

> I wanted to follow up and let you know the effects of soaking my

new

> collector size beads in plain mustard oil last month for the

duration of

> 15 hours, which seems to haves been tremendously good to these

beads.

>

> It is very interesting to note how the color and lustre has

continually

> changed over the last month since the soaking took place (I had not

> expected that), also very surprising/fascinating is to see how

certain

> beads of previous similar color slowly change into a different

colors

> than others and some gain a different type of lustre and a few

darken

> quite a bit. Some previously quite similar looking beads get a

totally

> different look. I wonder what exactly is causing this, but I guess

the

> only thing one can say is that the chemical composition of the

wooden

> matter is slightly different in each bead and so they react

chemically

> different to the oil.

>

> I wonder how soaking in other oils oils affect the look of the

beads,

> has anyone here done a comparison? I guess the only way to be sure

would

> be to test similar looking beads from the same tree. I was told

by an

> informed person in Nepal that certain Rudraksha farmers sometimes

soak

> unripen beads in oil up to two weeks to give them more ripen

appearance

> and heaviness. Should one only buy heavy beads which do not

have a

> glossy soaked saturated look to it to be sure the bead was

harvested in

> a ripen state? However, some beads are naturally glossy and so

there

> could be exceptions, I am definitely no experienced collector.

>

> I am also curious if the color and look of beads change when the

> Rudraksha trees become older and bigger. The higher mukhi beads I

have

> in my Pashupatinath Siddha Mala from 2003 all came from a small

> Rudraksha jungle near Kathmandu and has a very different look to

that of

> many collector beads from Arun Valley, they are more dark and very

big.

> Would be interesting to know more about the botanical aspects of

how

> beads change on a tree when it is young and subsequently when it

> matures, perhaps Chandrashekharji and others can share something

in this

> regard.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Ole

>