Re: Mangalsutra
Namaste Renuka,
The symbol shouldn't be dismissed as "just a symbol". Symbolism can do wonders, as I stated in my earliest post. It matters what you believe in ... when a belief is so strong that it becomes "faith", it can do wonders.
From VedAnta-Gurus we have learnt that thoughts are very powerful creative forces. Any thought is a creative force and if that force is well-channeled and is strong enough will affect the surroundings either favourably or adversely. When a wife wears Mangalsutra with a strong belief (faith) that it will give energy to her conjugal life and her husband ... it doesn't vanish in vain. These positive thoughts act positively (more strongly if wife possesses sattvik gunas and have good karmas) ... not only mentally but also spiritually.
You may not accept it and discard it thinking that you are so well read and educated that accepting anything like that is just a superstition but remember what Lord Krishna said in Bhagwad Gita :
"O' Arjuna, as the unwise act with attachment, so should the wise man, with a view to maintain the world order, act without attachment. (BG 3.25)"
Even if you understand that it is "only a symbol" and it is "just a metal piece", by talking in this manner you are actually attacking a positive faith in a Hindu wife that she carries and thus doing harm to Dharma. Please remember that positive thoughts of a staunch devotee directed towards a piece of stone turns that piece of stone into Shiva.
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
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