It's there in almost all relegious texts that Brahmins preach, I'll let you know about those specific references, soon - it is what we, brahmins, were taught from childhood.
What I just posted is an interpretation of what we have been practising in real life; of course, theoretically, Hinduism...
Hinduism has the same stance as Islam does - as quoted by one of my muslim friends "homosexual people are forever in hell !!!"
At least that is how traditional hindus have been following it.
I know this is a very crude opinion of mine regarding gays and lesbians, but here goes:
Think of it from a spritual point of view:
- Men are born to SEEK sexual desire
- Women are born to SATISFY sexual desire
This implies that only a woman can actually satisfy a person's sexual desires...
Hinduism
Positive
- Easy going relegion
- Anyone can say slokas, irrespective of their relegion
- Flexible enough to suit your caste
- Your wishes come true, quite some times :)
Negatives
- People follow it ridiculousy
- You must be born Hindu to be recognized as Hindu (same applies...
I will wait until marriage :)
As a Hindu, I can tell you: When we refer to marriage between a man and woman as a spiritual bonding of each other to form an invincible union until death do them part - it means nothing more than just having sex once you get married.
But with all the...
I guess you are right. But what I would also want to point out to all you people is that even Arranged Marriages are not all like beds of roses of 100% happiness - there are elements of abuse that sets in a lot of such relationships.
I respect your views on this, but it's just that we look more in terms of kids' welfare & since Hindus are not aware of the divorce concept itself, we tend to think that divorce is totally bad for the husband, wife and kids & leads to permanent unhappiness & is a severe dent in the family and...
I fully agree with you that abuse is bad in any relationship. But it's just that you people do not tolerate it, so you decide to separate or divorce if you can't come to terms with each other.
Whereas, as I pointed several posts ago, we Indians are trained to tolerate abuse. It's because of...
Pretty cool forums you've got here :)
My name is Prashanth, aged 22, originally from India. Currently I'm studying in California, USA. During my 'free' time, I was just googling some interesting stuff about arranged marriages and how Americans look at it. That's how I stumbled upon your forums...
Dude, that's our Indian tradition - we believe (and a lot of traditional communities around the world do too) that man is the aggressor, but woman is the pacifier. A man can be whatever he wants to be, but his wife should always stand by him, be forebearing and support him for whatever he is...