Rare Ganesh Statue's/thank Len

[Guest guest]

Well said Brother Len!!!!! Highly appreciative of your input too.

 

 

 

, Len Rosenberg <kalipadma108>

wrote:

>

> Thank you, Neil-ji!

>

> Poor Amit has obviously grown up in India without any

> real exposure to the Tantric traditions. What he

> describes as "Hinduism" is actually a small percentage

> of the whole spectrum of the faith.

>

> After hundreds of years of forced conversion, and

> spiritual influence by Moslems and Christians in

> India, it is perhaps not surprizing that many of their

> more repressive attitudes towards sexuality have

> percolated into the general Hindu population.

>

>

> [Amit writes:]

> > >If your answer to most of the question above was

> > YES... then am sorry ... you are definately not from

> > culture of India ... and rather preaching such

> > stuffs

> > as Hinduism... please term it a new religion with

> > any

> > good name you like.. But please spare Hindu

> > religion...>

>

> "Hindu religion" is not a monolith. There is a very

> wide variety of spiritual experiences that inform

> "Hinduism" -- Vaishnava, Shaiva, Shakta, Ganapatya,

> Vedic, and Tantric. Also many others. On the outside

> wall of the Hindu Temple in Flushing, there is a

> sculpted wheel presenting several symbols of world

> religions -- the Jewish star of David, the Christian

> cross, the Moslem moon cresecent and star, the

> Buddhist Dharma wheel, the Hindu Aum, and others.

> Elsewhere, it says in English: God is One; Paths to

> Him are many.

>

>

> [Neil writes:]

> > Amit, your perspective is chopping off a fair bit of

> > Hinduism. Hinduism

> > is broader than your personal beliefs. It would

> > serve all better to

> > expand understanding rather than continue

> > conversations like this. I

> > think everybody gets the points that yourself and I

> > have made, lets not

> > bore them! I have no interest in continuing this

> > thread because I feel

> > what is necessary to be said has been said. You have

> > your perspective

> > and I have mine, which is fine, as I have no wish to

> > actively change your mind.

>

> Many people on this List are devotees who perceive

> themselves as Tantric Hindus. Tantra has a long

> history of symbolizing the Divine with sexual imagery.

> Perhaps, to accomodate those whose attitudes are

> offended by sexual imagery, there should be a warning

> on some posts, stating: "The following contains

> sexual imagery." That way, those who might be

> offended can "Delete" such posts if such is their

> choice.

>

> -- Len/ Kalipadma