Feet in Hinduism/ Feet of Kali Re:question to all of u

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I'm surprised to hear that feet are considered dirty in Hinduism. I was

told once or read somewhere a long time ago, that it is spiritual when making

love to Begin with the Feet, rather than with the head as is what usually

happens. Is there any basis at all to what I heard about this so many years

ago,

or not? I wouldn't bother asking, since you say in Hinduism feet are

considered dirty, but that on most topics there have been a number of

viewpoints, so it

seems worth asking again...

 

Peace,

Cathie

In a message dated 10/28/2004 8:03:46 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

swastik108 writes:

> Kali breaks all the rules.

>

> In Hinduism feet are generally considered dirty, but it changes in the case

> of deities and Gurus when even their feet are considered sacred. You give

> pranam to your parents and Guru when you touch their feet. It is a type of

> salutation and symbolic of the idea that the God or person stands above you.

>

> There are different myths to explain the image of Kali. The idea of a wife

> standing on her husband is in sharp contrast to traditional Hindu cultural

> norms. He hair is unbound. She doesn't wear clothes. Basically in the

> iconography

> of Kali you have a type of perfectly depicted paradox which is a great way

> to

> portray the divine.

>

> The whole image is one of liberation.

>

> Now the traditional myth that I'm familiar with is that when Durga created

> Kali to slay Asuras she became drunk from their blood and lost control.

> Shiva

> layed down on the battlefield like a corpse and Kali stepped on him.