Nude Pic of Lord Ganesha insults Hindus/Kali Ma

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If you think this book is offensive you should take a

look at

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". This movie makes Kali Ma look like some

blood thirsty demon that is satiated only through human sacrifice. The priest extracts the

heart of the man being sacrificed as if through mystical powers .The man is

still very awake and alive at this point. He is then lowered into a pit of lava

at the feat of kali.

While the man is burning in the pit the heart burst into flames in the priest

hand as he laughs meniacally. Talk about making Hindus look bad. Shame on you

Steven Spielburg.

 

Keeping

it real, Jamesjames richard <nhraddude71 > wrote:

I could not agrea more. Comparing Shivs lingam to Ganapatis trunk for the sake

of making shiva look good and ganesha inadaquite is such a laim comparison . It

makes the gods look imature and ego driven also. The man who wrote this book has

much to

learn before he desides its time for him to do the teaching.

Jimtangchikhay <tangchikhay (AT) (DOT) es> wrote:

Courtright argued that the creation of Lord Ganapati by Goddess Parvathy sans

Lord Shiva's participation, was the cause of Lord ganapati's eccentric form ..

by placing the phallic-like elephant trunk in a misplaced manner (since the

truck is not used for reproductive purposes), Lord Shiva was mocking Lord

Ganapati and in some ways, showing his superiority (sexually esp) over Lord

Ganapati.. in north india, Lord Ganapati is often depicted as a brahmachari ..

just like Lord hanuman .. butin the south, he is often flanked by Buddhi and

Siddi -- who according to some are not "real" goddesses or shaktis but the

manifestations of Lord Ganapat's wisdom and emotions.. Once again, i think

Courtright was trying to attract attention to Lord Ganapati's hazzy sexuality..

but as Kalipadma said.. he is God.. sexuality is only relevant for human

beings but in order for us to understand the immense creative and destructive

potentials and powers, sexuality is used as an allegory .. in which i think

Courtright fails to understand. I also think he was drawing a lot of paralism

with Greek and Roman myths ..which in some cases valid like the similarities

between The Mahabhrata and the trojan war, but in most cases.. very erratic..

ciao , kalipadma@j... wrote:> > If the

accompanying picture shows the book cover, the statue photographed> is

obviously of Bala Ganapati -- Ganesha as a crawling infant. It is> common

enough for people to think pictures of naked babies are cute, not> prurient!

In the Tantric tradition, the deities are frequently shown> naked. There are

better things to get upset about!> > I read another article somewhere (maybe

this list?) which quoted

author> Courtright as saying something like: "Ganesha's flaccid trunk is a

poor> substitute for Lord Shiva's ever-hard lingam."> > It's nice that

Professor Courtright prefers Shiva over Ganesha. We all> have different

<ishtadevatas> (chosen divinities). But, first of all, an> elephant's trunk is

hardly "flaccid." It's immensely strong and> muscular. (It's also not the

elephamt's reproductive organ.) Second,> judging the validity of one's deity

by whether his weinie is stiffer than> another's is just too gay for serious

comment. Ironically, both Ganesha> and Shiva have aspects that appear

heterosexual, homosexual, and> completely celibate. They're deities, for

goodness' sakes! They partake> of all of creation.> > -- Len/ Kalipadma> > >

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 02:12:44 -0800

(PST) Aum Ganesh> <aumganesh> writes:> > > > > > Sat, 28 Feb 2004

02:10:02 -0800 (PST)> > [OzHindu] Nude Pic of Lord Ganesha insults

Hindus> > > > Houston: A nude picture of Lord Ganesha on the cover of a new

book > > and the contents have evoked protests from Hindus across the United >

> States. > > > > The nude portrayal of Lord Ganesha on the book "Ganesa, Lord

of > > Obstacles, Lord of Beginnings" by Emory University Professor Paul > >

Courtright has earned the wrath of Hindu scholars here who say > > several

passages quoted in the book "are seemingly insensitive to > > Hindu belief or

faith." > > > > A petition is also being circulated and signed online to

protest > > against the book and demands that publishers withdraw it from > >

circulation. A release

issued by the scholars claimed that so far > > about 5000 people have signed the

petition expressing their > > displeasure. > > > > According to the release, the

book "is not only ridiculing and > > insulting Hinduism but has utterly

disgusting and distasteful > > material which is mind-boggling and throws a

direct challenge to our > > traditional beliefs and practices." PTI > > > >

courtesy: http://www.sify.com> > > > >

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