[Advaita-l] A request for clarifications

[santosh mahapatra]

Esteemed Members,
Please accept my humble Pranams. For past several months I am going through an internal turmoil due to my inability to answer some questions raised by my 18 year old son regarding Adi Shankar's remarks prohibiting studies of Vedas and Vedanta by Women and Shudras.Can there be any spiritual interpretation to Adi Shankaracharya's such injunctions? I shall appreciate the responses from the learned members in this group. They will be very helpful to clarify his doubts.
Pranams,
Santosh           
 "Ego rules the world. People are helpless victims of their egos."-- Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, The Hugging Saint)