Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji about the Dattamala – Atirudra Yaga – Day 8 – January 24, 2023 – Srisailam
Jaya Guru Datta
Pujya Sri Swamiji clarifies that those who want pure crystal for the Datta Mala beads should be willing to shell out 40x the price.
There is no special power or Shakti we gain in doing japa with pure crystal vs glass beads. It is your devotion, not the quality of beads in the Japamala that is paramount. It is also a farce that smearing ash all over the body is more powerful than smearing ash on one part of the body. People think one Shiva Linga is more powerful than another. That is not true. The only thing that carries a little more power is the coral beads.
There is power in chanting with count as well as just with fingers as Appaji is demonstrating. (Pujya Appaji is showing how japa should be done using fingers for count). The last two counts with the fingers for each round do not add to the count. They will only compensate for the flaws of the previous 10 counts done in that round. Move your finger as Appaji is showing without lifting the thumb off the fingers.
The purity of the beads in the japa Mala is irrelevant. If you place monetary value on the beads, your japa will go in vain. If you go to Nepal, you can buy pure crystals there. I am also giving you the address you can go to, if you wish to buy perfectly pure crystals.