Rudraksh is the dried Fruit of the tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus. Different species of Elaeocarpus give different sizes and shapes of the seed. These seeds are one of the most important tool in your spiritual path. You can use 108 Rudraksh seeds strung together as a jap-mala. Itis used for japa, reciting a mantra 108 times. Rudraksha’s motherland or birth place is mountains of Himalayas.
Rudraks has are considered to be sacred and have many spiritual and medicinal values both as preventive and curative. Rudraksha is the King of herbal medicine working effectively and positively both as preventive and curative. Rudraksh are also worn on the body. Sadhus wear Rudraks strings on their wrists, arms, waist, heads etc. Rudraksh should never be worn below the navel though. Men and women, living a householders life, both can wear Rudraks though there are some rules which should be followed. You should wear it after having a bath in the morning and removed before sleeping. Do remove when going to the toilet. And for women please do not wear it during the 5 days of the monthly cycle or till the flow is. It should be removed if visiting a house where Sutak or naatak period is being observed. (Sutak is observed is a house from the day someone dies till his 13th day tarpan is performed. Naatak is observed in a house from the day of the birth of a child till the 12th day when its naming ceremony is performed.) Rudraksh is not just a seed, its a highly charged object of power. And this seed resonates with such power that its aura is always golden-silver. When you wear it your aura color also improves and your chakras move faster in the clockwise direction.
“Rudraksh” is a Sanskrit word thus cannot be translated exactly but has to be experienced. Sanskrit words have several meanings and the intention of the speaker and the listener gives the appropriate meaning. “Rudraksh” to me means, “the origin of the soul”. ‘Rudra’ means terrible, roaring, vibrating, untamed, fierce, origin, shiva etc. ‘Aksh’ means eyes, soul, snake, wheel, depository, sense organ, perception, vehicle, court of law, support etc.
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- Anandyogi
