Re:Chanakya Quotes/Ashoka/Buddha _ Neelam Ji

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Respected Neelam Ji

 

Excellent mail. Your mails refelct your balanced view with logical thinking.

 

We must not forget what Shastra say

 

" Yatra Naaryastu Poojyante, Ramante Tatra Devataaha"

 

Thanks & regards.

Anoop Singh.--- On Wed, 7/16/08, neelam gupta <neelamgupta07 wrote:

neelam gupta <neelamgupta07Re: Re:Chanakya Quotes/Ashoka/Buddha Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 10:35 AM

 

 

 

Dear Bhagavati ji,Let me support you and add to what you've said.Article 17 of the Constitution of India abolished caste-based untouchability, but perhaps we need another section/amendment to abolish menstrual untouchability.The Times of India (June 8, 2008, Chennai edition) carried a report on how a Tamil Nadu state minister had on May 27 inaugurated an 'isolation room' for menstruating women in the remote village of Thuvaar in Thirupattur. According to the ToI report, a soothsayer had predicted that rains failed because the village gods were angry that the 'Muttukuruchi' system had been discontinued for the past few years. To revive the system of isolating women and young girls on their reaching puberty, the villagers had constructed the cramped eighty square foot isolation room were bleeding women could be banished.Many myths, legends, and taboos have grown up around menstruation throughout the centuries,

all with the underlying sentiment that menstruating women are unclean and capable of producing bad effects on the world about them and it became a focus of religious observance.Such ludicrous ideas were perpetrated by the male dominated Hindu society to degrade the women and create a complex that the women are inferior to men. Menstruation is a normal physiological process. This was created for a specific function in women. Hence, there is nothing wrong or to be ashamed when women go through menstruation. It is utter ignorance to consider the women to be impure and polluting during this time. It is ridiculous to believe that gods do not want them to come to their abodes - temples- during such times.The negative ideology surrounding menstruation can also be seen in the type and amount of research that has been done on menstruation. What is quoted everywhere, for example, is the research by David Macht in 1924, which allegedly showed

the existence of menotoxins in menstrual blood, which destroyed plant life. With this research some men think they've got a scientific sanction for their beliefs. This research, however, has never been replicated, and in fact, in an attempt to replicate this experiment, researchers in 1934 found that non-menstruating women give off more of these toxins then menstruating women do (Taylor, 1988).Even if proved that menstrual blood has toxins, it does not mean women start emanating germs all around. They don't become lethat bip-weapons. For that matter, by this logic, people carrying deadly viruses and contagious blood infections should be isolated and not allowed in the temples.The basal body temperature theory also doesn't hold good as it is only 0.4 deg F rise in BBT on an average. This cannot spoil the pickles or wilt the flowers by touching. If at all, in olden days women were not allowed to make pickles during this time, may be for

this reason.I would say that the women are also responsible for the persistence of this appalling ignorance. There are many highly educated females, who would not step inside a temple during this time.Pollution and pureness depend on your speech, action and deeds. In Hindu philosophy, the main purpose of the soul is to attain liberation. This primarily depends on the karma that each soul has committed. Liberation of the soul neither depends on the sex of the soul nor on the blood that the - temporary - physical body sheds. God will accept any one as long as their minds and actions are pure. Let women take a firm stand on this issue and give up the ignorance that menstruation is awful. Let us make sure that the men do not dictate terms with the female anatomy and physiology. Only then the 'Creator' would smile upon them.RegardsNeelam

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Thank you Annop ji, that was nice of you. Much as I respect our age old customs and beliefs, many of them having sound scientific backing, there are also certain issues which have been distorted beyond recognition or have become outdated in changing scenario. We must also be open to changes and allow new saplings to take root.

RegardsNeelam2008/7/16 anoop singh <aks_anoop:

 

 

 

 

 

Respected Neelam Ji

 

Excellent mail. Your mails refelct your balanced view with logical thinking.

 

We must not forget what Shastra say

 

" Yatra Naaryastu Poojyante, Ramante Tatra Devataaha "

 

Thanks & regards.

Anoop Singh.--- On Wed, 7/16/08, neelam gupta <neelamgupta07 wrote:

neelam gupta <neelamgupta07Re: Re:Chanakya Quotes/Ashoka/Buddha

Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 10:35 AM

 

 

 

Dear Bhagavati ji,Let me support you and add to what you've said.Article 17 of the Constitution of India abolished caste-based untouchability, but perhaps we need another section/amendment to abolish menstrual untouchability.

The Times of India (June 8, 2008, Chennai edition) carried a report on how a Tamil Nadu state minister had on May 27 inaugurated an 'isolation room' for menstruating women in the remote village of Thuvaar in Thirupattur. According to the ToI report, a soothsayer had predicted that rains failed because the village gods were angry that the 'Muttukuruchi' system had been discontinued for the past few years. To revive the system of isolating women and young girls on their reaching puberty, the villagers had constructed the cramped eighty square foot isolation room were bleeding women could be banished.

Many myths, legends, and taboos have grown up around menstruation throughout the centuries,

all with the underlying sentiment that menstruating women are unclean and capable of producing bad effects on the world about them and it became a focus of religious observance.Such ludicrous ideas were perpetrated by the male dominated Hindu society to degrade the women and create a complex that the women are inferior to men. Menstruation is a normal physiological process. This was created for a specific function in women. Hence, there is nothing wrong or to be ashamed when women go through menstruation. It is utter ignorance to consider the women to be impure and polluting during this time. It is ridiculous to believe that gods do not want them to come to their abodes - temples- during such times.

The negative ideology surrounding menstruation can also be seen in the type and amount of research that has been done on menstruation. What is quoted everywhere, for example, is the research by David Macht in 1924, which allegedly showed

the existence of menotoxins in menstrual blood, which destroyed plant life. With this research some men think they've got a scientific sanction for their beliefs. This research, however, has never been replicated, and in fact, in an attempt to replicate this experiment, researchers in 1934 found that non-menstruating women give off more of these toxins then menstruating women do (Taylor, 1988).

Even if proved that menstrual blood has toxins, it does not mean women start emanating germs all around. They don't become lethat bip-weapons. For that matter, by this logic, people carrying deadly viruses and contagious blood infections should be isolated and not allowed in the temples.

The basal body temperature theory also doesn't hold good as it is only 0.4 deg F rise in BBT on an average. This cannot spoil the pickles or wilt the flowers by touching. If at all, in olden days women were not allowed to make pickles during this time, may be for

this reason.I would say that the women are also responsible for the persistence of this appalling ignorance. There are many highly educated females, who would not step inside a temple during this time.Pollution and pureness depend on your speech, action and deeds. In Hindu philosophy, the main purpose of the soul is to attain liberation. This primarily depends on the karma that each soul has committed. Liberation of the soul neither depends on the sex of the soul nor on the blood that the - temporary - physical body sheds.

God will accept any one as long as their minds and actions are pure. Let women take a firm stand on this issue and give up the ignorance that menstruation is awful. Let us make sure that the men do not dictate terms with the female anatomy and physiology. Only then the 'Creator' would smile upon them.

RegardsNeelam