Bankabihari pujari fired after giving Krsna cellphone to call Radhika

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Dear Prabhus

please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

Here are some possible answers about depicting erotic works at anciant

temples, which I have heard from different brahmanas, smartas, madhvas and

sri vaisnavas alike, here in South India.

 

1. the Vedic concept of goals of life are four fold: dharma, artha kama and

moksa.All four are depicted at temples to show that the central point of all

four is Bhagavan (they depend on Him) and He is their ultimate goal as well.

So we find carvings avataras, puranic pastimes, rsis etc. Then we find

carvings of king's activities (king fighting,king attending court etc.),

musicians, dancers, erotic,cooks,harvest, cows, bulls,elephants, people

engaged in daily activities etc.

We find it almost in all major temples like Simlaji and Dwaraka (Gujarat),

Belur hosayla temples (Karnataka), Konark temple (Orisa), Kajurahoo (Madhya

Pradesh), Sri Rangam & Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) etc.

 

2. specificaly erotic carvings on the temples are meant to make people

avare that sex life and family life should be lead according to dharma. It

is religious act not meant for simply satisfying senses, but to get

ultimately out of it by performing it through rules and regilations which

will make one purified. Understanding of strong link with sex, family life

and Bhagavan, makes people more responsible in following dharma.This

resulted in 0% of divorce cases in Vedic times.

 

3. People had to come to temple to perform every religious family function

For the lusty man erotic carvings would be one more reason to come. Those

days there were not many places where they could have acces to see naked

woman,as someone mantioned before, so they came to temple.

Although they came to see erotic carvings primarly, they will have darshan,

hear holy name, get prasadam and thus get purified, rather than be thrown in

maya, as someone suggested before.

 

The main point is to link kama with Bhagavan and ultimately come out of it.

If someone is effected by lust, he can satisfiy it by following

instructions given in Vedas, rather then whimsicaly strive for it and

disturb all society. Kama sutra scriptures are menat for that, with the

ultimate aim to purify one. We have heard that Kama sutras are writen by Rsi

who is naistika brahmacary. Even prostitites are allowed in Vedic society

for the purpose of satisfying lusty man's propensities, without disturbing

other families in the society, and breaking the dharma.

 

 

And finaly regarding Krishna dressed in jeans, shirt with cell phone, it is

most abominable.The Deities should be worshiped in owe and reverance

(according to Pancaratra system, and Srila Prabhupada's statements in SB

4.24.45-46)

This type of modern dressing makes Lord "ordinary" and brigs it to the

common mans level which is platform of comparing one self to Krishna,

comparing one's phone or shirt to Krishna's, comparing one's activities with

Krishna's and therefore commiting offences.

It is not raga marg, it is bogus mental concoction and should not happen in

any temple.

 

Hope this make sense.

 

Your servant

Gokul Candra Das

 

 

> > 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.