Guest guest Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Thanks dear learned friends for all your input. I think I can conclude that a lot of people do think that this is nature's act and nature's way of getting risd of something no longer required. I feel anything to do with nature is directly related to God and therefore cannot be impure. The Western religions of Christianity and Judaism certainly allow all to enter a church. However this is a difficult decision. Many like me do not like to challenge what our mothers and grandmothers did whether right or wrong and many like to question age old customs. It's one of those things that is best left to an individual's judgement. Thanks for everyone's time. Cyra --- karisprowl <karisprowl wrote: > Not sure I quite understand this, either. When the > menstrual blood is leaving the > body, the lady's body is actually "cleaner" than > while the unused "blood lining" is still > within the uterus. > > I think it depends on one's tradition, as some > traditions apparently do allow women > to participate while they are menstruating. > > I know that one Hindu priest told me that the dark > coloring on the Shiva lingham is > the menstrual blood of Parvati. > > Thanks, K. > > , > aravind maharajan > <aravindmaharaj> wrote: > > Dear learned elite friends. > > > > im a staunch beliver of god, and love to worship > as > > shiva & shakthi. > > > > i have widely read on various concepts of > hinduism. > > > > but, still i dont understand, why we exempt ladies > > from worship for specific period. > > > > i would request the people in the group who have > > authority over this particular subject to kindly > let > > me know, why women are considered impure for a > > specific period of the month. > > > > in assam, and in chenganoor of kerala, even the > devi > > has this menstrual cycle. those 3 days the sanctum > > sanctorum is closed. on the 4 th day, special > poojas > > are done and the regular poojas starts, > > > > as a person who has admired both the normal > worship > > and the thanthric worship, i still dont > understand, > > why ladies are treated with partiality. it is a > > general phenomena of mammals. > > > > If we see athma as God, isn't it correct that the > > physical impurity will not affect, isn't it that > athma > > is beyond the genders ? > > > > can some one explain ? > > > > with best regards, > > > > the lord's dasan, > > > > aravind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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