Shradh days/pitra-paksh days

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Namaste Trevor,

 

Agree absolutely with Sri DDji and Anand Nortel in relation to your

concerns. As far as i am aware too, there aren't any taboos in Holy

Texts about when a person can or can't wear rudraksha.

 

Also would like to mention that Anand's put it very well when he

said """"""....... it is only the Rudraksha beads that have such

privileged position in the texts as almost everything else has a

dos/don'ts attached.""""" (To Anand, you've nailed it, thank you!)

 

As Rudraksha lead us to the Upa Guru within, hence i'm also in total

resonance with Anand's last paragraph about "listening to one's

inner self" regarding such matters.

 

Sincere bhakti, trust and faith are all that matter when it comes to

rudraksha wearing. Hope this helps quell your concerns.

 

Om Namah Shivaya

Simone

 

 

, "Anand"

<anand_nortel> wrote:

 

> I would like to suggest you a possible way forward Vikrant.

>

> As I am sure you are well aware, there are many regional

variations to

> the rituals and ceremonies in India and Indian culture. Generally

you

> do not start something new during the period of Shradhs as this is

the

> time to offer your regards to all the souls that were at one time

in the

> past in physical form and had a direct connection in passing the

> gene-pool for you to be formed. This is a physical link that we

Hindus

> observe once a year. The rituals are widely observed and

fundamentals

> of the rituals are the same more or less all over India. This is

the

> time set-aside for pause in your day-to-day journey and pay your

> respects to your ancestors.

>

> Therefore if you take it from a point of view that you are going

to wear

> the holy beads for the first time & in your mind you see this as

the

> beginning of a new chapter in your life, then maybe you ought to

observe

> the tradition and pay your respects to your Pitra and start new

phase of

> your life in the Nav-ratri that will follow the period of

celebrating

> the lives of your previous generations.

>

> However the Holy beads are (according to Puranas) a direct result

of

> tears falling from the eyes of Lord Siva. As such they are the

> embodiment of Love, Compassion and blessings from Lord Siva.

These are

> not needed to be energized but yet again according to the

tradition &

> rituals, we get them energised in the appropriate temples. This

is as

> if 'we - the wearer of the holy bead' announce our intention to

Lord

> Siva and ask for his permissions to wear the holy beads. It is

bourne

> out of love and the feel of a link with the supreme being the same

way

> as we have links with our physical parents/ancestors.

>

> Therefore my friend, it is entirely upto you. There is no

restriction

> placed anywhere in the ancient texts as to when you can and/or can

not

> wear the holy beads. In fact (as far as I know) it is only the

> Rudraksha beads that have such privileged position in the texts as

> almost everything else has a dos/don'ts attached.

>

> I guess the best way forward for yourself would be to follow what

is in

> your own heart. From tradition or ritual point of view you have no

> restrictions but it all ought to come from the heart of the wearer

and

> as such one ought to listen to one's inner self in such matters.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Kind regards

>

> Anand

>

>

>

> [] On Behalf Of

Vikrant

> 19 September 2005 22:40

>

> RBSC : Shradh days/pitra-paksh days

>

>

> it is said that during the Shradh days/pitra-paksh days,one should

NOT

> energise(do pran-pratishta,puja) of a newly bought rudraksh...how

true

> is this..and if in case one has to do the rudraksh energising

during

> these above mentioned days then what is the worst thing that can

happen.

> reason i am asking this is bcz i came to know from friend that we

have

> Shradh days/pitra-paksh starting from sun 18sep 6.30pm and this

would

> continue for 15days..

>