No woman ever chooses to menstruate. It happens. So how can she be held guilty, responsible, or unclean? It is quite unfortunate that it has become a taboo for so many women. The genesis of the whole thing lies in the concept of physical purity. And that refers not merely to menstrual discharge but to all kinds of discharges that the body emits. It’s not a matter of spirituality; it’s a matter of hygiene and aesthetics.
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Questioner: Acharya Ji, my mother doesn’t allow me to enter the puja room (room for worship), or touch the deity during my menstrual days. This has been a practice ever since I was a kid.
Why is menstrual cycle considered impure? Why does the stigma continue to exist even today?
Acharya Prashant: It started purely from reasons of hygiene, there is nothing more to it. But then it takes a much more concrete form and gets fossilized over time. As long as basic personal hygiene is being maintained, what is there to bother about?
The genesis of the whole thing is in physical purity. And that refers not merely to the menstrual discharge, but also to all kinds discharges that the body emits.
