1979 - choosing the rudraksha mala

Choosing the Rudraksha Mala

Not even a year after the birth of His Divine Holiness, the enlightened beings who facilitated His birth planned to test the happening of Superconsciousness in the physical form. His gurus were experts in the field of birthing. Mataji Vibhutananda Puri herself mastered the science of commanding her body to ovulate upon her will when she gave into married life. Yogananda Puri experimented and mastered the science of making twins, triplets and quadruplets with his own wife. Isakki Swamigal made thousands of mothers conceive just by giving them a handful of mud from sacred Arunachala. Their ventures were all trials before they brought the ultimate Superconsciousness into the form of His Divine Holiness. At this moment in time, they were ultimately aware that far too much depended on this happening perfectly according to plan.

Finally it came to the day when they were to test their success.

Mataji Vibhutananda Puri placed a rudraksha mala, a sacred energized bead, among a box of jewels that belonged to His grandfather's sister, Dhanakotti Ammal. The box was placed in front of His Divine Holiness with dazzling pearls, diamonds and precious stones that could capture the eyes of a human child.

But the eyes and hands of His Divine Holiness were only attracted to the single string of rudraksha beads which He pulled out from beneath precious jewels.

The rudraksha mala which HDH pulled out of the jewelry box is still preserved today in the Archives of Sovereign of ShriKailasa¹

As He sweetly placed His mouth on the rudraksha beads, His lotus shaped eyes playfully shone as if to mock their test of Paramashiva, whose very bliss tears is the sacred rudraksh from yore.

To all His gurus, who were overjoyous with the awareness that they were in the presence of Paramashiva indeed, He had established Himself as rudraksha-priya, Shiva who is the lover of Rudrakshas.

Upon recalling this years later, His Divine Holiness sings poetically, in the trance of His own divine leela,

Rudhiraakkamum Thiruneerum Panjaakaramume Aniyathakkana Rudhiraakkamum Thiruneerum Panjaakaramume Madhikathakkana Matravai ellaam Midhikathakkana.

Rudhiraakkam Madhi, Matradhellam Midhi..²

The adornment of rudraksha, tiruneer (the sacred ash) and the chanting of the 5 syllable chant “namah shivaya” is the only way. The adornment of rudraksha, tiruneer and the chanting of the 5 syllable chant, is the only thing worth respect. All else is completely irrelevant that one can stamp on.

footnotes

1. His Divine Holiness narrates this divine leela played by Paramashiva and unveils the rudraksha mala for the world for the first time on 7 July 2006 YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQF1r0ws23o
2. His Divine Holiness spontaneously sung this verse upon recollecting his own divine leela when Paramashiva was in the infant form. He narrated the incident as well during the discourse on 8 August 2020, “Give Superconscious Breakthrough to Your Being or to Doing!” YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfGbGFH8UIg