Thursday, July 9, 2009

THE HINDU VIEW OF SEX & LGBT


Such is the depths to which the leftists have plummetted that they are celebrating the so-called Gay liberation movement as if they have conquered the Everest.
Recently, the New Delhi High Court had ruled that consensual anal sex was not a punishable offence. The Court had only repealed an obsolete law. The Leftists — obsessed as they are with minority rights — are now celebrating this act as they believe that the sexual minorities are now at par with sexual majority (read the heterosexuals). I wonder if we can have reservation for homosexuals in Government jobs. I wonder if Mamata Banerjee will extend railway concessions to sexual minorities aka LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transsexuals). As for me, I am not entitled to this privilege because I am a heterosapien (I am even afraid to call myself a homosapien these days).
The Hindu view of sex vis-a-vis LGBT:
An;yway, this gives me the opportunity to spell out the Hindu view of sex vis-a-vis LGBT.
Per se, Hindus view sex as highly personal. It differs from person to person. For instance, Hindus worship all types of God. Some are staunch bachelors like Hanuman and Ayyappa. Some are monogamous like Ram. Some others are like polygamous playboys like Krishna and Indra. Maybe, the Hindu Gods had a premonition of relativity theory much before Einstein popularised it.
Anyway, sex is personal for Hindus. If you decide to have sex with one or many or none, it is your personal affair. No interference. It is Vyakti Dharma (individual liberty). That is why it is better to restrict sex to bed room — no open sex atleast not in the presence of children.
To enjoy sex, there is a do-it-yourself manual in the form of Kama Sutra and even Vigyan Bhairava Tantra. Tantra also combines divine meditation with sex. Or rather tantra suggests sublimation of lust into love. There are techniques for it. For those who are interested in this rare mix of lust and love, tantric sex opens the route. For more info, read Kama Sutra and Vigyan Bhairava Tantra. Both tantra and kamasutra have practical techniques for such an end — puritans may well abstain from such practices.
The Sanskrit word “Kama” stands not just for sex. It also means material desires at large. Sex is just a part of our desires which needs to be transcended — that is a largely accepted Hindu view. Sublimation of sex makes Nara (man) Narayana (divine).
The Hindu view of homosexuality: Though Hindus have divergent views on this issue, it must be said that the Hindu society has a rather disparaging view of homosexuality. The proponents of ISKCON say that homosexuals have low energy levels which have declined below the Muladhara chakra. They say that homosexuality is the heights of human decline and homosexuals are bound to take birth as animals in their next lives.
Even Osho and other Sanyasis aver that homosexuality is the heights of perversion and makes spirituality that much more difficult.
However, present Gurus like Sri Sri have welcomed homosexuals into their fold as they seem to be hooked by the modern idea that homosexuality is in the genes. Whether in the genes or not, Hindus detest homosexuals. That is a harsh fact. If not all, I do. Hindus largely view homosexuals as a case of genetic defect.
Opposite poles attract. And it is beautiful if they do. If God created Adam and Steve, it is certainly not my problem. I believe Gays are a manufacturing defect of the Creator.
Postscript: The world’s first homosexual activities might well be between Shiva and Vishnu’s mohini roopa (nymph form). However, I would say that it is not the case because Vishnu had a female body at the time. Anyway, for gays world over, Shiva is the presiding deity. So gays better make a beeline to Kailas to get their genetic defect addressed.
Thanks for Deepak Kamat
Deepak Kamat is Editor in Chief of 'AseemaA',
Journal for National Resurgence.
Email: deepakmangalore@yahoo.co.in

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