Picture on Temple

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna ,

Can some one explain me why the sex pictures are present on

some of the famous temple in India. Like Jagganath Puri temple.

Hari Bol

[gHari 0]

That those depictons would keep lusty people out of the temple. They would become too lusty to enter.

 

[Guest guest]

...Or keep non-lusty people out because they think the temple is lusty.

[VNV 0]

That's actually pretty weird when you think about it.

[Guest guest]

The temple was built when buddhism in India had reached its peak. Most of the hindus had converted to buddhists and had become monks. In order to change them to Hindus and get them back to grhastashram. These were carved.

[Guest guest]

Indian views on sexuality are quite different than in most western cultures. In much of Hinduism when dieties et al engage in such past times they are manifesting the creation of the world, the bringing about of dharma, revealing tantric mysteries, and many similar concepts, depending on which particular image one discusses.

 

We (Gaudiya Vaisnavas) are not without similar concepts in the Blessed Rasa Lila. There are many images of Sri Sri Radhe Krsna that the English (Muslims and others) objected to due to their graphic depictions of divine sexuality.

 

It is not a matter of trying to arouse passions to keep people in or out of temples; such is intended to be a sacred representation of the creative powers in most cases (and are often either between Lord Siva and His consorts or Sri Krsna and His). In the West we tend to seperate everything, religion, God, work, entertainment, sexuality... on and on... India tends to be quite inclusive, viewing all life experiences as part of the Divine Dance.

[Jagannatha 0]

Indian views on sexuality are quite different than in most western cultures. In much of Hinduism when dieties et al engage in such past times they are manifesting the creation of the world, the bringing about of dharma, revealing tantric mysteries, and many similar concepts, depending on which particular image one discusses.

 

We (Gaudiya Vaisnavas) are not without similar concepts in the Blessed Rasa Lila. There are many images of Sri Sri Radhe Krsna that the English (Muslims and others) objected to due to their graphic depictions of divine sexuality.

 

It is not a matter of trying to arouse passions to keep people in or out of temples; such is intended to be a sacred representation of the creative powers in most cases (and are often either between Lord Siva and His consorts or Sri Krsna and His). In the West we tend to seperate everything, religion, God, work, entertainment, sexuality... on and on... India tends to be quite inclusive, viewing all life experiences as part of the Divine Dance.

 

[Guest guest]

Must of the people here show total ignorance in relation to Tantra yoga.

[gHari 0]

God