Can I burn incense and worship Buddha during my period?

Some people say that you cannot worship Buddha, chant sutras, or recite scriptures when you have your period. After some people said this, many women believed it and did not worship Buddha. However, in real life, many people avoid burning incense and worshipping Buddha during their menstrual period due to local customs. What should we do? Let's take a look at what to do when burning incense and worshipping Buddha during menstruation?

What should I do when my period comes and I burn incense and worship Buddha?

It is best not to burn incense when you go to the temple during your period. Because this would be considered disrespectful to the gods. But in fact, it is just the old name and there is no official explanation. If a woman with faith is better not to touch incense, but women who don't care about such things can.

Women have their menstrual period every month, which can be as short as two or three days or as long as six or seven days. It is a physiological phenomenon of women. But what about practice? People who practice Buddhism need to maintain pure thoughts continuously, without any interruption in time. You cannot interrupt your practice because of a physiological phenomenon. If you do, the interruption will be very harmful.

When practicing, you must have the spirit of water dripping through a stone. Water dripping through a stone, and only when your water drops honestly and wherever it falls can it wear away the stone. She was afraid of practicing for a short period of time and then giving up. She stopped practicing for a while, and after stopping, she felt abandoned. When she picked it up again, she was very distant. Therefore, you must be continuous and have a long-term mind, and you cannot stop at will.

Regarding this point, Master Yin first put forward this famous saying in his letter "To Ms. Xu Fuxian", saying: To gain real benefits from Buddhism, one should seek with utmost respect. If one is a little respectful, one will eliminate a little bad karma and gain a little blessing and wisdom; if one is very respectful, one will eliminate a lot of bad karma and gain a lot of blessing and wisdom. If one is completely disrespectful, even if the cause is far away, the sin of disrespect may be unpredictable.

What are the common problems when going to the temple during menstruation?

When a woman has her menstruation, she can skip a few weeks as her mind and body may feel uneasy and uncomfortable, so she can worship Buddha less, but that does not mean she must not worship Buddha at all. You must chant the Buddha's name and recite the scriptures as usual and must not interrupt. Sometimes someone says that you cannot chant on Sundays during this period. They will then say that your physiological problems are not clean during this period, and if they are not clean you need to take care of them carefully, so wash and change the dirty clothes frequently.

If your hands touch dirty cloth, you need to wash them clean while you do your homework. You cannot touch Buddhist books with dirty hands, including incense. You need to pay attention to this. What is this attention? One must be respectful when practicing Buddhism.