Goddess in the Shadow of the God Indians and Meat-eating

[Guest guest]

If you are here to educate, then do so.

I was responding to a post where numbers were cited and deities named.

No "corresponding feminine deities" were mentioned, which gives the

impression they are somehow Less important to the worshippers of that male deity

than

is the male deity himself, otherwise, why would it have been stated that way?

 

It seems even in India, the Goddess lives in the Shadow of the God.

 

In a message dated 10/6/2004 1:48:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

kochu1tz writes:

> There are very few tantrically consecrated temples outside Kerala.

>

> malyavan_tibet <malyavan_tibet wrote:

> In india, ALL the shiva or vishnu temples which are consecrated

> acording to the tantric science and built during the reign of Rajas

> have a corresponding feminine diety. In some temples the diety are

> inside the same wall, and in some places outside in some other location.

>

> And most of the festivals, when the temples are separate celebrate

> taking one diety to the another or parading them together.

>

> Please enough of this ignorant statements.

> >

> >So what you're saying, is basically, even in India, land of

> Goddesses, MOST

> >people do not actually worship the Goddess, they worship the male

> Gods. Vishnu

> >and Shiva as male Gods account for 75% of worhipers -- 75% worship a

> male

> >God, which seems to indicate a preference even in India for the Male

> Face of

> >Dvinity. So maybe this explains why women are still struggling with

> oppression in

> >that culture.

> >

> >Blessings,

> >Cathie

>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Let me make one thing clear

where krishna is worshipped Radha too is; where shiva- uma too. And a

vaishnavite will go to shiva Devi temple and vice versa. It is those who have no

firsthand experience that one goes to talk the nonsense of sects.

 

SophiasHeaven wrote:

If you are here to educate, then do so.

I was responding to a post where numbers were cited and deities named.

No "corresponding feminine deities" were mentioned, which gives the

impression they are somehow Less important to the worshippers of that male deity

than

is the male deity himself, otherwise, why would it have been stated that way?

 

It seems even in India, the Goddess lives in the Shadow of the God.

 

In a message dated 10/6/2004 1:48:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

kochu1tz writes:

> There are very few tantrically consecrated temples outside Kerala.

>

> malyavan_tibet <malyavan_tibet wrote:

> In india, ALL the shiva or vishnu temples which are consecrated

> acording to the tantric science and built during the reign of Rajas

> have a corresponding feminine diety. In some temples the diety are

> inside the same wall, and in some places outside in some other location.

>

> And most of the festivals, when the temples are separate celebrate

> taking one diety to the another or parading them together.

>

> Please enough of this ignorant statements.

> >

> >So what you're saying, is basically, even in India, land of

> Goddesses, MOST

> >people do not actually worship the Goddess, they worship the male

> Gods. Vishnu

> >and Shiva as male Gods account for 75% of worhipers -- 75% worship a

> male

> >God, which seems to indicate a preference even in India for the Male

> Face of

> >Dvinity. So maybe this explains why women are still struggling with

> oppression in

> >that culture.

> >

> >Blessings,

> >Cathie

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Cathy --

 

It is a mistake to assume that Goddess worshippers necessarily treat

their women with respect or honor. The ancient Greeks worshipped many

Goddesses -- it was not, on the whole, a woman-respecting culture.

 

I gather that South India (especially Kerala) is matrilineal, and women

there have more rights and respect. My Guru, Ammachi, comes from Kerala.

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma

 

 

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:13:11 EDT SophiasHeaven writes:

>

> If you are here to educate, then do so.

> I was responding to a post where numbers were cited and deities

> named.

> No "corresponding feminine deities" were mentioned, which gives the

> impression they are somehow Less important to the worshippers of

> that male deity than

> is the male deity himself, otherwise, why would it have been stated

> that way?

>

> It seems even in India, the Goddess lives in the Shadow of the God.

>

> In a message dated 10/6/2004 1:48:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

> kochu1tz writes:

>

> > There are very few tantrically consecrated temples outside Kerala.

> >

> > malyavan_tibet <malyavan_tibet wrote:

> > In india, ALL the shiva or vishnu temples which are consecrated

> > acording to the tantric science and built during the reign of

> Rajas

> > have a corresponding feminine diety. In some temples the diety are

> > inside the same wall, and in some places outside in some other

> location.

> >

> > And most of the festivals, when the temples are separate celebrate

> > taking one diety to the another or parading them together.

> >

> > Please enough of this ignorant statements.

> > >

> > >So what you're saying, is basically, even in India, land of

> > Goddesses, MOST

> > >people do not actually worship the Goddess, they worship the male

> > Gods. Vishnu

> > >and Shiva as male Gods account for 75% of worhipers -- 75%

> worship a

> > male

> > >God, which seems to indicate a preference even in India for the

> Male

> > Face of

> > >Dvinity. So maybe this explains why women are still struggling

> with

> > oppression in

> > >that culture.

> > >

> > >Blessings,

> > >Cathie

> >

>

>

>

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