RUDRAKSHA: Ancient India has known its immense utility but it origin as per the Hindu mythology is quite interesting.There has been several legend the prominent one is that once Lord Shiva opened his eyes after a period of long yogic meditation and he shed a tear. This single tear from the Lord's eye grew into the Rudraksha tree in the Himalayan regions, his abode. Another legend says, Rudra means Shiva and Aksha means eyes; Aksha also means a group of alphabets in Sanskrit called VARNA, therefore Rudraksha can be called as a seed in which a group of Sanskrit letters VARNA reside.Another explanation on sacred Rudraksha beads- meaning " Eye of Shiva " or tears of Shiva, through which a holy tree was created for the benefit of his devotees in order to prevent misfortune and restore peace and good health.The Rudra beads have been worn by sages and yogis since prehistoric times. Isha Sadhguru lauds the benefits of wearing Rudraksha describing a shield against flow of negative energies. Yogi Maharishi Mahesh of early 1970s the Guru of Transcendental Meditation made it mandatory for his followers to wear Rudraksha at all times. He had a large following in the western world having tremendous clout among personalities like Beatles, Beach boys, Ravi Shankar who were his ardent disciples..Today I came across absolutely a different version: The Origin of Rudraksha represents the tears shed by Lord Shiva for the growth of tree Rudraksha its seed shall give protection to his devotees originated when the Devas approached him for support following cruelty of DEMONS OF TRIPURA ( Three cities One of Gold another of Silver and the third of Copper ) and appealed to the Lord for protection and elimination of TRIPURA DEMONS.... Shivaism is the oldest prehistoric religion existing from Pre- Aryan times.Mythology or folk lore were usually meant to convey subtle facts to guide the ancient primitives and accordingly they had multiple stories explaining the same fact and therefore each version is right on its own merits.
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