Rudrākṣa
The tear of Rudra. Each bead is a door — turn the mala, and touch one to open it.
त्रिनेत्र
Trinetra
the eye that sees through
Japa
One bead, one breath. Twenty-seven forms of Shiva, and a guru bead where the circle begins again.
Nīlakaṇṭha
He held the ocean’s poison in his throat, so that the world could go on breathing.
Two eyes
see the world.
The third
sees through it.
step inside
scroll to awaken
drag the mala · touch a bead
ॐawakening
यस्योन्मेषनिमेषाभ्यां जगतः प्रलयोदयौ ।
तं शक्तिचक्रविभवप्रभवं शङ्करं स्तुमः ॥We praise that Śaṅkara, by whose opening and closing of the eyes the world dissolves and arises: the source of the glory of the wheel of powers.
नर्तक आत्मा
The Self is the dancer.
रङ्गोऽन्तरात्मा
The inner Self is the stage.
प्रेक्षकाणीन्द्रियाणि
The senses are the spectators.
चितिः स्वतन्त्रा विश्वसिद्धिहेतुः
Consciousness, free, is the cause of the accomplishment of the universe.