psr13 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2004 I'm doing a project in school on homosexuality in India. Are there any scriptures or the like that discuss this topic? Also, does anyone know why the culture is so against homosexuality? Do you know of any sites that could be useful? Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kandukondein 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2004 http://www.hindulogy.biz/_wsn/page2.html May be this link wud help u. But in General its strictly prohibited and its a taboo. Its only some stupid freaks like Shabanazmi who due to their islamic identity brought it to indian society.I guess or else it was largely unknown as such among people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Max 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2004 Was there not an ancient "third sex" in the Vedic tradition? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maadhav 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2004 3rd sex is neutral sex, enuch. homosexual act is sinful or spiritual sickness. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Max 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2004 How is it any sicker than a man engaging with a woman in that way when they aren't married or committed to each other? is it not a meaningless selfish act no matter what gender you do it with? people have such a stigma, but you need only to realize that we are all spirit souls, gender is just a by-product. The only real argument that I can see being made is you have to have a man and woman to procreate, but honestly there is a really small amount of people out there actually TRYING to have kids. Sad to say that in the West the main cause for pregnancy is an "accident" in turn the child is born into a stressful situation more often than not, and this is almost always traumatic to the child in one way or another. Now if you look at it that way it's just as sinful as two men or two women engaging in acts that can never lead to procreation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 13, 2004 This is true. Homosexuality is discouraged just as heterosexual sex out of marriage is discouraged. Both are lustful. Ideally the only sex should be with one's wife for the purpose of procreation. Beyond this I suppose sex with one's wife out of love and some lust is tolerable but it is not ideal and leads one to be further engrossed in the material world. Same sex marriage is not possible according to shastra. -Amit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
