Re: homosexuality
Originally Posted by
rainycity
I'm just wondering if homosexuality is considered a bad thing in hinduism or by most hindus? . Apparently, these claims caused a lot of controversy in india because hindus are homophobic.
Namste,
A few months ago I was watching a programme on a news channel conducted a few days after Delhi high court decriminalized homosexuality. There was a Mulla, a christian priest and arya samaj cheif swami agnivesh represented Hinduism. Where as mulla and priest called homosexuality as sick, swami agnivesh defined it as natural and persisting from ever. He quoted a few scriptures from hinduism to prove hinduism is not against homosexuality in any ways. Till then I also disliked homos, but my perception has changed now.
Though I also think there are some cases in which personality disorder or inferiority complex etc leads to homosexuality, My friend is from NIFT and there are some homos in his college, who may not be have been naturally inclined towards homosexuality.
In any ways Hinduism has not demonized homosexuality anywhere and its western and abrahmaic influence on us that we look at them the way we do.In international relation forum community I frequently saw few muslims from saudi arab (living away from saudi) telling that strict law against unlawful sex has made a huge number of saudis as homos.
When the light has risen, there is no day, no night, neither existence nor non-existence; Siva alone is there. That is the eternal, the adorable light of Savitri, - and the ancient wisdom proceeded thence (Svetasvatara Upanishad IV-18). :)
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