Posted on 03/09/2017 10:26:44 AM PST by unlearner
The only people who do the disgusting stuff are the small number who practice “Left handed” so-callled Tantra yoga. Also called Aghori or Vama Tantra. The English words “ghastly/ghost” comes from the Sanskrit root of Ghori/ghora.
I have researched this, and there is no, I repeat, NO ancient vedic source for the Vama Tantra practices. Surfaced first several hundred years ago, and likely connected with some Tibetan Buddhist practices.
It is so far from any mainstream branches of Hinduism or schools that it is weirder and less practiced than Christian snake handlers.
Saivite ascentics who are far more numerous often smear ashes on the body, said to repel insects, but regular ashes. BTW I am a lifelong Hindu so I have a bit of background in this matter.
Of course a moslem did the CNN presentation.
The reason for the horrible pollution is because the horrible corruption in government allows it.
Now here are some actual cannibals, much more mainstream:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3533012/posts
Cannibalism: ISIS Revives Islam’s Old Terror Tactic-“taking a bite” of infidels
Frontpagemagazine ^ | March 9, 2017 | Raymond Ibrahim
Lemme guess — this wasn't obvious. Fake news!
Sick. I would never visit India (or Red China, which is disgusting in its own way). A friend who traveled to India as part of moving our tech industry there described people crapping right on the sidewalk, and the “untouchables” that would come out at night to clean it up...
I’ve spent two one month trips roaming around India in the last few years. Yes, there is bad in India...but there also is good. While there little to be said for their personal and public sense of hygiene, there are some astounding things (and people) there. Most of their major airports are new, putting our major airports to shame. As with our major cities, there is good and bad. However, I felt safe wandering around the cities. The same can’t be said for Chicago , Detroit or Baltimore (among many). Their thousands of year of history has dotted the country with wonderful, beautiful temples, medieval palaces and fortifications. Google images of India...you might temper your perspective.
I’ve spent two one month trips roaming around India in the last few years. Yes, there is bad in India...but there also is good. While there little to be said for their personal and public sense of hygiene, there are some astounding things (and people) there. Most of their major airports are new, putting our major airports to shame. As with our major cities, there is good and bad. However, I felt safe wandering around the cities. The same can’t be said for Chicago , Detroit or Baltimore (among many). Their thousands of year of history has dotted the country with wonderful, beautiful temples, medieval palaces and fortifications. Google images of India...you might temper your perspective. I’ve been to China twice...again, roaming around...not in a tour group. The same goes for China.
My quick references contradict you on the way you relate it to the west.
“Ghost” comes from Germanic, “Gheist” which is related to “vision.” (Hence, the Catholic Church decided that “Holy Spirit” was a better than “Holy Ghost,” even though previously, a spirit could be animal, not rational (human). The sanskrit origin of “Ghost” was “hedah,” meaning wrath (anger).
I don’t read Hindu, but Wikipedia claims tantra is found in several veda... and established in the mainstream writings by 500 BC. Is it wrong?
I’m sure there are many beautiful things there; I’ll see them via pictures.
First of all, most dictionaries ignore or don’t know Sanskrit roots. I know this for a fact. Sanksrit has many words for “ghost”, as there are many catebories. Ghora in Sanskrit means “horrible, frightening” etc, akin to the English word “ghastly” which is related to the word “ghost”.
Second, “Tantra” merely means “procedures” or “rituals”. There is Saivite Tantra, Vaishnava Tantra, etc. The Vama tantra as portrayed here dates from around the 1100s. Wikipedia is not necessarily the best source for authentic Hinduism.
I didn’t know that much about the origin and some of the more repulsive practices of Vama Tantra until I did some research on it about 5 years ago.
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