Namaskar friends,
I initially agree, but it's quite good if it's a fake. It's possible it's a Gauri-Shankar of an elongated seed. But more convincing is the rest of this seller's shop, and now I really see what you mean about selling sacred objects, Markandaya. This seller is an antiquities/arts dealer in London, apparently with a high-priced enough collection that you only shop there by appointment and one "enquires" about prices. The Rudraksha necklace is purported to be from the 1800's.
When I see businesses like this I worry. It's entirely possible his business is completely above board and he's getting his inventory from estate sales and such. But you hear about thefts or families being scammed out of treasures... and I cringe at how he keeps making the point that it's a sacred ritual object that has had much use. In this case I don't think the necklace is worth it. If you really want one you can get a Java for $25 and a huge Nepal one for $130 and be certain it's not only real but also not missed by someone.
I agree, if you are meant to get something it will come to you. =) Simply work towards it in the meanwhile.
Hi there Rudraksha Buddy. I hope you had a lovely Diwali as well! I'm pretty sure my own family can sympathize with yours. LOL
I am in the Northeast Continental US, the lowest average temperature in winter here is about 5 to 10 degrees fahrenheit - lower if you look at it since the 70's. It's often not
that low, but there are days... Apparently the lowest Temp E. Gantrius is known to handle is 19 degrees f. However there are some monks and teachers who claim they can be grown anywhere if given enough care and love. I wonder. If planted in a sheltered area and if the roots were kept protected until the plant was well established, it could be possible,
just maybe, for me to grow one without grafting to different root stock.
I think you're right about Hawaii, not just because of the soil but also it's a tropical environment so most plants would love it. But E. Gantrius is well known to be incredibly adaptable and tolerant of all kinds of conditions and soils, including a lot of salt - something useful in my climate in winter.
You make interesting observations on the size and surface ratio, thank you. I'm not sure I agree that if you don't have faith and devotion that you won't see benefit, though. These beads are gifts from the Divine to all of creation. We are all subject to Dharma and Karma and we are all His children, whether we know it and practice it in this life or not. Eventually we come back around. And these little gifts to us are small influences along the way, like breadcrumbs to Hansel and Gretel, leading us back slowly with a turn here or a nudge there. I think they always have power and always help, even if a person doesn't know enough to realise what it is that's helping them.
I'm sorry to hear what happened with the seeds your family got, I can see why you're being so careful, especially with the higher faces. It's interesting, I have been buying fruit now for almost a year and for all this time the seeds had a variation on a specific color and texture. The latest ones I got are definitely Nepalese seeds but the fruit itself is darker and the seeds far paler, almost yellow-white and they have a different texture - I'm really interested in how they'll turn out. I'm wondering if these things indicate different types of soil and nutrients the tree is getting, maybe different climate or elevation too. There's another reason the seed might float too. If it's very dry and has never been oiled it can float for a while, and if it is older and has been kept oiled and used for a very long time it becomes almost varnished, and those oils can sometime make it float a bit for a while. Eventually they will sink though. I oil my own seeds heavily the first few times I oil them, and then let them sit in the sun for a few days. I keep this up until they have a nice glaze to them, This might also be why they look so oily, otherwise they can look kind of dusty. I can't really vouch for the higher than 14 mukh seeds. I could make many guesses on if they are real why aren't they mentioned, but I don't even know for certain if they are indeed real. Perhaps Neeta might say.
Thank you so much for the translation! Wow, so what they're doing is propagating the plants by clones from cuttings instead of seeds! Well, that explains a few things, and it also makes sense in a few ways. Interesting method of getting the stems to root! Wow, thank you! Your assumption is correct, the tree will fruit fast. This can also lead to less fertility over many generations in many species of tree - trees don't have infinite lifespans and the offspring of trees in this manner are not actually any younger than the parent. I don't know if E. Gantrius is one of the few trees that can be propagated in this way indefinitely, but it would explain less fertility in the orchard and would also explain more incidence of higher-mukh beads, like 15 to 21 faces. Possibly in age-related mutation of the genes. These trees are probably quite old depending on how long ago the parent tress were cloned. Neat!
~Pranam
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