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@jana
Hindus have nothing to hide about sex, its neither taboo nor are there any inhibitions attached to it. Hinduism is a way of life, a very open, tolerant practice.
It believes in the efficacy of four paths to Moksha (Niravana) Dharma, Artha, Yoga, and Kama. Kama meaning sex.
dharma = meaning order, Artha = meaning understanding, yoga = meaning exercise. So these should be the main tenants of ones life. They are more profound then they seem, but if you tried to make sense of it practically or spiritually you will reach common ground some where. That is the beauty of it.
Coming to sex, there is nothing to hide, yes we see it as important part of life and just as I quoted above, all of these have to be experienced before you can call your life complete.
Having said all that it is also very important to understand history a little bit and not attach "religion" to it every time. When kingdoms built temples, they were always the most symbolic icon, something that their kingdom or they(the kings) would be famous for, thus came the first glimpses of artistic freedom in our historical architecture. If you research temples a little bit more, you will see everything from elephants, horses, battles, nature and human beings depicted. A woman dressing with all her ornaments, a man in war etc etc and not to mention carvings and what not which at some stage started to get stale, as the freedom for an artist grew they experimented with everything. A common example of this are the pyramids, where the grew taller and bigger, in this case it was diversity.
Infact most of the artists who have sculpted these have their names signed under them, which would only tell you it was purely artistic. It is not like watching "playboy" there is huge difference..Let me tell you people will see at as art and not get sexually excited when they see this.
As every thing else there is a very thin line in art as well. As many have explained the great Muslim legend was disrespectful. Period. And your other question of Indian Gods being depicted nude is not correct. In fact all this art is only on the outside and the inside is just like any other temple. You may show me any number of links you want, unless you can prove that with a picture or a video it fails.
All this was a splendid period of creativity but alas people twist it towards perverseness.
Hindus have nothing to hide about sex, its neither taboo nor are there any inhibitions attached to it. Hinduism is a way of life, a very open, tolerant practice.
It believes in the efficacy of four paths to Moksha (Niravana) Dharma, Artha, Yoga, and Kama. Kama meaning sex.
dharma = meaning order, Artha = meaning understanding, yoga = meaning exercise. So these should be the main tenants of ones life. They are more profound then they seem, but if you tried to make sense of it practically or spiritually you will reach common ground some where. That is the beauty of it.
Coming to sex, there is nothing to hide, yes we see it as important part of life and just as I quoted above, all of these have to be experienced before you can call your life complete.
Having said all that it is also very important to understand history a little bit and not attach "religion" to it every time. When kingdoms built temples, they were always the most symbolic icon, something that their kingdom or they(the kings) would be famous for, thus came the first glimpses of artistic freedom in our historical architecture. If you research temples a little bit more, you will see everything from elephants, horses, battles, nature and human beings depicted. A woman dressing with all her ornaments, a man in war etc etc and not to mention carvings and what not which at some stage started to get stale, as the freedom for an artist grew they experimented with everything. A common example of this are the pyramids, where the grew taller and bigger, in this case it was diversity.
Infact most of the artists who have sculpted these have their names signed under them, which would only tell you it was purely artistic. It is not like watching "playboy" there is huge difference..Let me tell you people will see at as art and not get sexually excited when they see this.
As every thing else there is a very thin line in art as well. As many have explained the great Muslim legend was disrespectful. Period. And your other question of Indian Gods being depicted nude is not correct. In fact all this art is only on the outside and the inside is just like any other temple. You may show me any number of links you want, unless you can prove that with a picture or a video it fails.
All this was a splendid period of creativity but alas people twist it towards perverseness.
