On Erotic Depictions in Ajanta Elora caves, Khajuraho temples & Kama sutra! The Ajantā Elora Caves, or the Khajuraho temples, the erotic depictions are on the outside walls. Artha, kāma, dharma and moka are all human pursuits. Here, pleasures derived from intimacy come under kāma. At the same time, as one enters the temple, the external images of devas and apsaras frolicking are replaced with dhArmika motifs and sātvika mUrtis of Ishvara/bhagavān, which bring about a very different state of mind. It is very symbolic if you follow what I mean :) So with each step we take forward, just as we find Ishvaras sātvika form in the Garbha-griha (sanctum sanctorum) of our mandirs, so too we discover Ishvara as the very self, as we move from artha and kAma, toward dharma and moka. That is why you will always find the apsarās on the outside, and bhagavān on the inside of our mandirs :) With regards to kAmasUtra, nothing wrong in that either. In those days (as should also be the case today, which unfortunately is not), anything that was written, be it Literature, or a drama-play, or even shāstras, they all began with an invocation to Ishvara for 3 reasons: 1) For its successful completion 2) So that it may fall in the right hands 3) So that it may be of use to others :)So a book on kāmasūtra too discusses beautifully how one can use the act of making love, kāma, as worship of Ishvara, thus making everything prayerful. During copulation, it is said that one must invoke bhagavān in the form of brahmā- ji, the one who gave life to all living beings in this jagat, since for an instant, as you prepare to give life to a child, you are invoking a tiny aspect of brahmā jis power yourself. So one must always remember, for a vaidika everything is a prayer, but with these mass-kissing campaigns that people are holding on public grounds, none of the sanctity I mentioned above is invoked, and is purely a politically motivated event, therefore the comparison with Khajurhao, kāmasūtra, ajanā caves etc is not a valid comparison if these people are planning to use it a comparison. ~ Prashant Parikh
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 04:07:28 +0000
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