Bankabihari pujari fired after giving Krsna cellphone to call Radhika

[Guest guest]

> I asked one learned priest and

> pujari there, and he smiled brightly that these are meant to keep lowclass

> and lusty persons away from the Lord and just have them fooled with this and

> not take

> the Lords darshan but just look at all this maya , like a test of purity,

This is the most ridiculous explanation I have ever heard. If a lusty person

wants to see naked women, the last place he'll go is the temple. There are far

better and appropriate places for such activities. Probably he was just joking

with you as evidenced by his bright smile.

 

Simply as a matter of reality, the female body is very beautiful and every

culture of the world and has depicted it in it's naked beauty. So why not

Indian Culture? I have seen hardly an ancient temple that didn't have these. Of

course for the very erotic artwork seen in some temples, nobody has ever given

me a thouroughly convincing answer. But for the usual artwork, those who are

pure hearted are not disturbed, (that doesn't include me) just like we see in

the description of the festivities after the Rajasuya sacrifice in Hastinapura,

with Srila Prabhupada's appropriate comments.

 

 

The men and women of Hastinäpura, or Indraprastha, their bodies smeared with

scents and floral oils, were nicely dressed in colorful garments and decorated

with garlands, jewels and ornaments. Enjoying the ceremony, they threw on one

another liquid substances like water, oil, milk, butter and yogurt. Some even

smeared these on each other’s bodies. In this way, they enjoyed the occasion.

The professional prostitutes jubilantly smeared these liquid substances on the

bodies of the men, and the men reciprocated in the same way. All the liquid

substances had been mixed with turmeric and saffron, and their color was a

lustrous yellow.

 

In order to observe the great ceremony, many wives of the demigods had come in

different airplanes, and they were visible in the sky. Similarly, the queens of

the royal family, gorgeously decorated and surrounded by bodyguards, arrived on

different palanquins. During this time, Lord Kåñëa, the maternal cousin of the

Päëòavas, and His special friend Arjuna were both throwing the liquid

substances on the bodies of the queens. The queens became bashful, but at the

same time their beautiful smiling brightened their faces. Because of the

liquids thrown on their bodies, the saris covering them became completely wet.

The different parts of their beautiful bodies, particularly their breasts and

their waists, became partially visible because of the wet cloth. The queens

brought buckets of the same liquid substances and with syringes sprinkled them

on the bodies of their brothers-in-law. As they engaged in such jubilant

activities, their hair fell loose, and the flowers decorating their bodies

began to fall. When Lord Kåñëa, Arjuna and the queens were thus engaged in

these jubilant activities, persons who were not clean in heart were agitated by

lustful desires. In other words, such behavior between pure males and females

is enjoyable, but it makes persons who are materially contaminated become

lustful.

Krsna Book Chapter 75.

 

 

In service of Srimati Vrinda Devi,

Deena Bandhu dasa