Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bhusunda enquires about the classification of Rudraksha based on its faces (mukhi, naturally occurring partitions in a rudraksha, formed by grooves) and the benefits of each. Kalagni Rudra correlates rudrakshas with one to fourteen faces with various deities. Wearing that particular rudraksha placates the associated deity: [3] [5] [6] [7] [9]
Chaitanya; Chakradhara; Dadu Dayal; Harivansh; Jayatirtha; Jiva Goswami; Jñāneśvara; Kabir; Madhavdev; Madhvacharya; Manavala Mamunigal; Namadeva; Nammalvar; Nathamuni
Rudraksha is a Sanskrit compound word consisting of "Rudra"(Sanskrit: रुद्र) referring to Shiva and "akṣa "(Sanskrit: अक्ष) meaning "eye". [5] [a] [6] Sanskrit dictionaries translate akṣa (Sanskrit: अक्ष) as eyes, [7] as do many prominent Hindus such as Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and Kamal Narayan Seetha; accordingly, rudraksha may be interpreted as meaning "Eye of ...
The Mandukya [Upanishad] is enough; if knowledge is not attained from it, then study the Ten Upanishads. Attaining knowledge very quickly, you will reach my abode. If certainty is not attained even then, study the 32 Upanishads and stop. If desiring Moksha without the body, read the 108 Upanishads. Hear their order.
The essay uses a dialogue from the Platform Sutra between Huineng and a monk who has memorized the Lotus Sūtra to illustrate the non-dual nature of Dharma practice and sutra study. [193] During his final days, Dogen spent his time reciting and writing the Lotus Sūtra in his room which he named "The Lotus Sutra Hermitage". [ 195 ]
The word rudraksha (Sanskrit: rudrākṣa = rudra and akṣa 'eye' or tear), or 'eye or tears of Rudra', is used as a name for both the berry of the rudraksha tree and a name for a string of the prayer beads made from those seeds. [24] Rudra is one of the names of Vishnu in Vishnu Sahasranama. [25]
The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mukhyapurāṇa, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. [1] The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is of Shaivite literature, [2] titled after Skanda, a son of Shiva and Parvati (who is also known as Murugan in Tamil literature). [3]
In many Hindu scriptures, Narada is considered a shaktyavesha-avatara or partial-manifestation of God, empowered to perform miraculous tasks on Vishnu's behalf. The Shiva Purana describes a legend in which Narada's penance alarmed Indra , who sent Kamadeva to disturb his austerities.