Tashiding Monastery: A sacred Guru Rimpoche blessed –IV

Without a doubt, the land of Sikkim is full of mystery; the more you believe you get closer to understanding the mystery hidden inside it, the legend that guides this mystic land smiles back. I have often heard stories about mysterious magical tales that relive the world of that fantasy learned people still accept as true once Sikkim to be part off it.  Some enveloped in the forms of footprints of learned men, some strange symbols said to be the footprints of animals, statues that pour tears, or even those that sweat. There are many more such examples to follow but I believe these mysterious happenings are beyond the common man’s understanding. Only the time immortal has the secrets to these mysteries.  

  

Tashiding is one of the mysterious places and here also lies a few mysterious materials that these materialistic worlds find difficult to consider. As I have said earlier in my first article, this was my first visit to this mystic place, and I feel I missed out few other things which shall be dealt with some other day. We were three at this Tashiding tour, myself, Saila Kaka (my father’s younger brother), and Praveen Daju, my cousin's brother. Through this article I would like to talk about four strange-looking rocks around the vicinity of Tashiding Monastery, the local people still reason to have some mystical relations. All these rocks are in a half a dozen steps distance from one another. 

The first of the four rocks have a small hole on it and the legend goes as if a person’s finger go through that hole with closed eyes from 10-12 footstep walk for three successive times, it is believed his wishes are fulfilled. Kaka tried many times but each time he came closer to it but did not succeed, even Praveen Daju made a valiant effort without success. But for me lady luck was on my side I succeeded in my first instance but did not try to attempt it later on. I was simply not confident on the other occasion. 

 

Next to it was a small rock where it is believed that resting down knee at that rock for three times could heal the pain of joints! Hard to judge but faith is all that can do, I tried it out and I was followed by the rest of my tour mates. I do sometimes feel pain in my joints but I do not know whether there was some hitch on my faith that I did not have any difference in the pain I am still continuing with. 

To its left lay a rock where our local tour guide whom we had found at the monastery informed us to have healing power if we rub our back against it. As to our local guide’s instructions we all did it. 

The last of the mysterious rocks that we came across that day was the one in which there was a crack in the middle and it is believed that on an auspicious day one can hear the sound of mantras being chanted or sometimes even strange sounds of river water flowing are heard, our guide told us. 

We were told about other strange healing rocks that were found in that vicinity but due to poor light, we had to hurry back to our vehicle. There was hope that some other day we might return back just to take a glimpse of those mysterious rocks that have been the guardian deity to this mystic Tashiding.