IS IT FINE TO WASH HAIR ON THE 1ST AND 15TH DAYS OF THE LUNAR MONTH?
Caller: Master, there is a belief that we should not wash our hair on the 1st and 15th days of the lunar month. Is this true?
Master Jun Hong Lu: Have you done so?
Caller: Yes.
Master Jun Hong Lu: Have there been any changes after washing your hair?
Caller: No.
Master Jun Hong Lu: There you go.
Caller: Some Buddhist practitioners claim that we shouldn’t wash our hair on the 1st and 15th day of the lunar month.
Master Jun Hong Lu: There are many such hearsays. What they actually mean is we should try our best to be as dignified as possible in dealing with matters on the 1st and 15th days of the lunar month.
Do you think the Bodhisattvas will even mind if you wash your hair, make yourself clean before you pray on the 1st and 15th days of the lunar month? Do you think the Dharma Protectors will punish you for doing so? They will not. As long as you act in accordance with the dharma and the path of rightness, what’s wrong with doing things that are clean and wholesome?
Caller: I understand.
Source: Wenda20171105A 02:30, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program