Can Ladies wear Rudraksha?

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Can Ladies wear Rudraksha

 

 

Question posted in this Group a long time ago:

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A temple priest advised me that ladies arent supposed to wear

rudraksha mala. Rudraksha is a symbol of Lord Shiva and shouldnt be

worn by ladies. Is that true? Could you pls advise and shed some

light on this?

 

 

 

Answer by a Club Member:

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Do not let the Brahmin priest whom you saw at the temple, sway you or

give you doubts about ladies wearing rudraksha. It was very

unnecessary on his part to advice on a subject and ancient science

that he is ignorant about and has not studied. In this case, I can

only see " Ego " on his part. It is most likely that he is a " ceremonial

master " as a priest or pujari and householder himself,not much more.

 

Does he know about rudraksha? Is he a rudraksha sadhak? Has he done

successful penance to Lord Shiva? Does he himself in his home shrine

have rudraksha? Has he read the Shiv Purana, Padma

Purana,RudrakshaJapalopanishad and Srimad Devi Bhagavatam?

 

There are no taboos about women wearing rudraksha. All on earth can

wear rudraksha. The instinct to wear or worship rudraksha is a sign

of blessing by Lord Shiva during preceeding births (this is quoted in

one of the ancient scriptures.

 

Btw, is the priest of any Shaivite lineage? There is no Shiva without

Shakti. By the same token, there is no Shakti without Shiva. Hence

Shiva and Shakti are " One " and " The Same " . They are two sides of the

same coin : The Ultimate Supreme God/dess.

 

This particular priest is seeing Duality in his samsara, hence he

differentiates between men and women. All rudrkasha beads contain

Deva and Devi. There are beads representing Shiva, Parvati,

 

Ganapati, Lakshmi, Durga, Hanuman, Vishnu, Maa Kali, the 10

MahaVidyas, Matrikas, etc. Since the beads also represent Devi or

Shakti, this means women can wear rudraksha. Lord Shiva does not

discrimminate betweeen men and women, caste, race, religion, color or

background. God is available to all who aspire. So is Rudraksha. Hope

this helps clear your doubts.

 

 

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