Why? How can any form of love be adharmic?Loving another person of the same sex is adharmic.
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Why? How can any form of love be adharmic?Loving another person of the same sex is adharmic.
May i ask what actions same sex couples perform that is adharmic?
To conduct oneself in the correct dharma one needs to determine what is acceptable to society.Why? How can any form of love be adharmic?
Why did he keep coming to see your Master after he was told that he would be found a wife.The Master was trying to correct his adharmic sexual conduct. I would like to know more about this Master.
Thank you for posting your Master's wisdom. I am eager to remember these words.My Master teaches to never judge someone, telling us 3 fingers point back when 1 points toward others
I don't say it is "Adharmic sexual conduct". My Master teaches to never judge someone, telling us 3 fingers point back when 1 points toward others
No need to keep busy "checking if others act Adharmic". That time is better used to correct our own Adharmic conduct.
My experience of this case was that my Master helped him transcend certain emotions. Not to become hetero or homo.
From age 10 I already knew I would never marry nor get children. Decades later my Master told me about 3 or 4 times He will give me a wife. He even showed a picture of the woman. She looked really gorgious (too good to be true). But still didn't want to marry (I'm not gay either), and was glad I never saw this woman. Then few month later this same gorgious woman bumped into me literally. Then I really gave it a second thought "is it my ego not to marry or should I reconsider". But decided "No, my Master is testing me if I really want God or still want woman". Ca. 10 years later my Master called me in for interview and said "Do not marry, for you it is better not to marry, you have another goal in life. But if you like lady then you must marry. But I warn you now, you won't be happy, so don't blame me later". Normally he speaks not many words. This was important information. Just before leaving the Ashram after many years and it was my final interview.
My Master says "Test is my Taste". So you can not judge what my Master was teaching this man. That was between him and my Master. That interaction is personal. No need to put labels like "adharmic sexual conduct" on this. I just shared this experience to show that my Master does not judge, and only helps us to get happy.
In culture. religion or law, Hinduism nowhere has discrimination against LGBTQ. Yes we do not interact with them except on happy occasions (Marriages, child birth, new house, new business) when it is customary to give gifts to them. And they would dance, sing a song or bless us. Like the castes, they live in their own world. The current law gives them equality with heterosexuals (this is a work in progress, same-sex marriages are not recognized, but if two people live together, there is no bar. They have been elected as representatives of people at various levels of government. Indian forces also have not been opened to LGBTQ). But I think the progress is in the right direction and satisfactory.What Indians do culturally can be very different to what they do religiously.
YesDo you worship Kali?
Is she sattvic,rajasic or tamasic diety and how is she related to Devi Mahatmya?
I consider Kali to be shakti.What is acc
Is she sattvic,rajasic or tamasic diety and how is she related to Devi Mahatmya?
In my understanding you are dealing with the Supreme God(dess) known to me as Sri Krishna/Durga. You are giving it the name Kali: would that be a fair comment?I consider Kali to be shakti.
Now I don’t really speak Hindi, I don’t even speak Fijian Hindi, the dialect of my mother. Let alone Sanskrit, which is beyond terrible when I try to speak it. But as a shakti devotee I do not rely on scripture, but the experiential of the divine. I call that divine “Kali.”
My apologies, I often use Kali as a sort of shorthand..
Could you elaborate on this and source it? I've not heard this before but want to learn more about it.
I suppose. If you consider Lord Krishna as the Supreme.In my understanding you are dealing with the Supreme God(dess) known to me as Sri Krishna/Durga. You are giving it the name Kali: would that be a fair comment?
Well, that is a matter of saying. If there is no new generation then many problems crop up like caring for the old people. Hinduism has made that as a part of one's 'dharma'. Marriage is not only for producing children but many more things, including pleasure ( who told you that marriage is only for procreation in Hinduism? That is against the vows made by men and women at the time of marriage*). Then, the general division of work in a Hindu household, men earn and women manage the house (which is a full-time work. The salary is supposed to be handed over to wife, without even opening the packet. I have always done that). Of course, today's world has made changes in that division. Yeah, sexual fidelity is expected of both men and women otherwise many problems crop up, particularly about caring for children. Marriage in Hinduism entails many other duties, not just fun. It is (mostly) a life-long contract, has been 52 years for me.Many Hindus believe that by raising children, you pay a karmic debt to your parents who raised you. Marriage is often arranged and it is for the purpose of having children "only". Husbands should only have sex with their wives if it is for procreating a child. If sex is for pleasure only, they should avoid it for the sake of purity.
This is not my personal opinion but one should try to learn realistically about the culture one is interested in.
So yesterday on Facebook I posted a picture of me and my girlfriend kissing with our faces mostly of obscured by my amazing hair and an Indian Hindu I met in a facebook group messaged me saying "Who's that guy?".
I told him it wasn't a guy, but my girlfriend and he responds "Girlfriend? Don't tell me now you are a lesbian." I was honestly a little surprised by this response.
Anyways I am certain this topic has been broached before on here (although I can't seem to find the topic I recall). Actually, for some reason and probably a language barrier, the few Indian Hindus I do have on my friends seem to not realize I am transgender, even though I've posted about it rarely. Anyways that all said... I've never encountered anything that says it's wrong to be gay or bisexual in Hinduism. Yes, certain things and roles are assumed to be heterosexual even in Tantra, but I don't think it necessarily has to be that way as the gendered things are not literal at the highest levels and honestly Shiva and Shakti are the same anyways just different aspects of it (at least in Kashmir Shaivism).
I have my own views but I think it would be important to hear others' takes on it. This isn't really something I've had to get into before, bisexuality and homosexuality within Hinduism. I just know that I'm not alone in my feelings as a Hindu on this topic, but I don't know of how to theologically frame sexuality (gender is much easier for me to frame, as I did above).
EDIT: Also for the record as far as I can tell I'm some amount of bisexual, not a lesbian, if that matters any
May be it was so for you. It was an important part of my life and that of my wife. It was as important as eating food and more important than having a sleep.For most of us, sexuality is down the priority list quite a bit.
May be it was so for you. It was an important part of my life and that of my wife. It was as important as eating food and more important than having a sleep.
So true. For example, lots of people who want kids can't, for biological reasons. And your point is why we have the concept of svadharma, or individual dharma.I don't view dharma as a constant for all people. While there are some consistent duties to society, I think each has one's own dharmic path to follow. For some it may be love through marriage and procreation; for others, it may be a solitary path to union with the divine and a love through helping others as jivanmukta.
It only makes sense to me as given there are varying degrees of avidya amongst people, there are varying dharmic paths based on the individual's spiritual development.