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Ancient Vedic scriptures talk on
different circumstances leading to the creation of “Rudra”.
All the epics are centered on Lord Shiva, the god of eternal
cycle of creation and destruction. Lord Shiva is also known
by the name “Rudra”. According to Shiva puran, once lord
Shiva went into deep meditation for a long period for the
well-being of all living beings. After waking from the
state of meditation, he opened his eyes and instantly tear
drops fell on the earth. On reaching the ground, tear
drops took the form of a seed which later grew into Rudraksha
tree. Another epic boosts a different tale. It says that
there used to be a demon called “Tripura Sur” who
gained so much power that all the gods felt intimidated
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The demon
misused his power on brutally torturing the innocents. All
the gods were helpless and finally turned to lord Shiva to
eliminate the evils of the demon. Shiva decided to use his
very powerful and destructive weapon called Aaghor to kill
the demon. But on realizing the devastating effects the
weapon would bring about, Shiva became very emotional and
tears naturally fell down from his eyes and thus landed on
the earth. Mother earth enveloped the tear drops and gave
birth to a Rudraksha tree. Another tale foretells that when
Lord Shiva woke up from his deep meditation, tear drops
welled down from his eyes on realizing the sufferings of
living creatures. His Almighty’s teardrops on reaching the
earth germinated into a seed. It is believed that the seed
of Rudraksha contains the secrets of entire evolution of the
cosmos within it.
Lord Shiva is always portrayed
wearing rosary of Rudraksha beads on his head, arms and
hands. With this came the religious, spiritual, physical and
materialistic significance of Rudraksha. This further
brought it path to spiritual enlightment and liberation.
Thereafter ensued the use of holy Rudraksha beads by Shiva
devotees. Hindu scriptures like ShivmahaPurana,
Shreemaddevibhagwat, Padma Purana, ling Purana,
Ashtamalikopnishad, Nirnayasindhoo, Mantramaharnava,
Mahakaal Sanmhita, Rudrakshajabalopnishad,
Vrihajjabalopnishad, Shivaswarodaya and Sarvollastantra
ravishes on how Lord Shiva crossed the line of caste and
creed and blessed all the four varnas, Brahmin, Ksatriya,
Vaisya and Sudra, to use holy Rudraksha beads for their
well-beings. It is also believed that if a person encounters
and meets death while wearing Rudraksha, she/he will surely
attain morkha, meaning liberation from all the sins.
Later the merits of Rudraksha were
evidenced in the late 1960s by a group of scientists lead by
Dr Subas Rai PHD Institute of Technology University in
Banaras India. Dr. Roy's research boosted that as scripted
in the scriptures Rudrakshas indeed possess Powerful
Electromagnetic, Paramagnetic and Inductive Properties
confirmed that the healing powers of Rudraksha beads flow
from their electro-magnetic properties. Many schools of
yogic thoughts advocates for the religious, scientific and
spiritual significance of Rudraksha. |
