yeah i was asked that question by one of my females classmates on our religion class........man that was a funny question...... everybody had a good laugh.......and also lot of ppl tell me abt that carving of sex positions in our temple.....interesting huh?

By the way I just thought of a new Name for whiskey makers in Nepal.

Shiva's Regal

It sounds like Chivas Regal but it's gonna be cheaper and better.

bad idea!

"We Nepalis are result of such contradictory beliefs and culture. No wonder our country is fked up."

Yeah like king taking over absolute power to save democracy.

I have to agree here with Saroj.

hurray
i decided not to post anything for the rest of the day tara please don't integrate two completey different thigns. what king did in our country to "save" democracy was a gross political act (keep in mind, our country's problems did not originate with him though). our country is not fked up as you say. it is just going through a phase of revolution, a clash of classes, a conflict between the opressor and the opressed. this problem is political.
what we are arguing in this thread has more to do with religion and society's values. u cannot put them together and make conclusions. i think. i am not saying you are wrong. tat's how i feel. don't get angry like some other sajha members haiii.

There is no big deal about the fact that we worship shiva's linga. According to the hindu mythology, seven sages (saptarishi) cursed him for a crime which he did not commit and that's why his genital organ had to come off. The seven sage wives (sapta rishi patni) used to worship lord Shiva immensely, but their husbands took it in other ways. If lord Shiva's hand had come off due to curse, we would still have worshipped him equally. Its not the thing that we worship god's penis, but the fact is we worship him that is why we worship everything associated with him.

It is interesting to see that while Hindu religion have given due respect to WOMANHOOD, our culture have failed to do so. Interesting also is to note all the big wars in our mythology have women associated as main reasons behind them. Sita, Suparnakha and Draupadi all were women and unfortunately all of them have contributed for the initiation of the wars in their respective period. Something to think about.

Shiva linga is in fact genetial organ of Shiva as many of us thing. Not only that see the words "Bhagabati" and "Bhagani". Both words have similar meaning of person with female genetial organ. But how it is so popular and why people even worship is still surprising for me. Do we are all wild and uncevilized yet to worship genetial organ? Any one has answer?

.The following is my own interpretation of the shiva-linga:

Take a close look at the shiva linga posted below. Most of us only see the "linga", but have you ever thought about the figure the "linga" stands on?

Upon a good inspection, the structure upon which the linga sits atop looks much like a "vagina".

So, I see the shiva linga not just as a "linga" but as a metaphorical visual description of the "sexual intercourse".

mr. lonely
it is not just hinduism that blames women for problems. in the new testament, it is because of Eve (she convinced adam to eat the forbidden fruit re) God cursed mankind. in greek mythology, it was pandora who opened the box and let all the evils fly into earth.....interesting eh?

lfc,
So does that mean "Women" are actually the source of all problems? ;)

mr lonely,
u cannot put a blame on the female gender or the male gender as a source of problems. problems come from clashes, conflicts, difference of opinions. remeber all these anceinet literatures were written by men. so it is possible that they, disasstified with the women, chose to make women scapegoats for everything that was wrong in soceity and in doing so, overlooked their own biases....as thier women styaed home and looked after thei chidlren. it is my personal hypothesis. what i have learned overtime. could be wrong. but please hai, u cannot say men or women are actually source of problems. cannot blame for anything entirely on one person or group.

u cannot put a blame on the female gender or the male gender as a source of problems. problems come from clashes, conflicts, difference of opinions.
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That's what I was saying. If there were/are no women, one major source of problems--GENDER BIAS would be gone.;)

mr. lonely,
thus far, i was being reasonable with you.
u wanna put the blame on women, bring it on!! i will kick your A$$ so hard you will no longer know what the term "gender" implies........;) ;)

Oh now I have to run..........

RUn Lonely run......

:))

Mr Lonely.. !! k ho yesto yaar... bhagdine...

लौ सुन शिव लिङ्ग को कहाँनी । वास्तवमा GODको अर्थ Generator, Operator तथा Destroyer , यानी कि श्रीस्टिकर्ता पालनकर्ता तथा सन्हारकर्ता हुन । शिव लिङ्ग्, योनी छेदन गरेको लिङ्ग कै प्रतिक हो । योनी र लिङ्ग को समागम ले नै श्रीस्टी हुने हो, त्यसरी नै यो समाज, रीती तीथी आदी इत्यदि तेसैको कारण भएको हो । अनि ऐड्स् जस्ता घाटक रोग को जन्म नै तेही योनी र लिङ्ग को समागम बाट भएको हो । तेसैले शिव लिङ भन्नाले योनि र लिङ्ग् को समागम् नै हो। स्वर्गीय् आनन्द को अनुभुति गरम, शिव् लिङ्ग् को आराधना गरम्। जय शम्भू।

I guess hindus themshelves dont know what their religion means by going through the posts.
A neighbor near my house had "lakh mahadev puja" and they made lakh siva lingas of clay. I asked to one hindu friend about that and he asked to his priest. The answer I got was that shiva linga is actually the easiest shape that people can make from clay and that is why it has got so much popularity. It also symbolizes that God has not shape. Infact my friend told me that they worship their 'kul devta' also in same manner ie making clay mould. Also people worship stone of any shape as different gods. So according to my friend it has nothing to do with penis and yoni as some people point out. Actually maulavi in my area always said that hindus worship sexual organs etc... but I always took it as his nature i.e islamic nature... but it seems many hindus believe it too.

Anyway my friend might be wrong.

Please do not try to be OG in others religion.

>>> Please do not try to be OG in others religion.

All religions are meant for human. I am human and for me there is no "others" religion.

BTW what do you mean by OG?

In straight meaning from Saskrit language.

SHIV = MAHADEV (GOD OF WAR)

LINGHAM = SEXUAL ORGAN

You guys must read this:

http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/shivalinga