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July 02, 2006
The Da Vinci Code!
I am through with Dan Brown’s latest work The Da Vinci Code. I never read fictions. This was only my second novel I read after Sidney Sheldon’s The Doomsday Conspiracy. I found the Da Vinci Code – quite interesting and exhilarating – may be because of the religious connotation it carried. The work is really well researched, has an awesome pace, and gives the reader some insights into things, which we normally refuse to see or accept – for instance the painting of The Last Supper - by Leonarda Da Vinci!
The painting, till I read the book, had 13 people in total, and I was under the impression that all were men in it. What would a celibate Jesus do with a woman in his team of friends? That is how we see or at least trained to see & believe. But then the book says out of the 13, the one sitting to the right to Jesus, dressed exactly opposite to Jesus’s costume was a lady. And that lady is Mary Magdalene – the wife of Jesus Christ!
It argues that Jesus Christ was married, and he also had children, which is completely against what the Vatican accepts, or believes or preaches. If the starter of Christianity - Jesus Christ himself had sex and didn’t practice celibacy, then what is the point in the Christian priests controlling their sexual urge for ages now?
For spiritual experiences and spiritual growth, the meeting of two energies the Yin & Yang, Man & Woman are completely necessary. And that is what Hindu religion has been telling for ages. The best example for meeting of 2 opposite energies for spiritual growth is our own Lord Shiva and Parwathi in ‘Ardhnarishwar’ form.
The book also mentions about an age-old sexual practice where group of men and women had sex together in a religious atmosphere for spiritual growth. This was called Tantrik Sex in India, and was taught by Osho in his Pune ashram. (The photo of the same was published in the 50th Year of Independence issue of Outlook magazine).
The next argument is Jesus was not a Son of God but a mere mortal who had immense power to cure people and influence minds. The Hindu philosophy and scriptures have spoken about all the ways and techniques with which any mortal can reach Godhood. But these people are unfortunately called fakes, frauds or Godmen by Indians.
May be the Christian Missionary is right in a way – calling Jesus the Son of God, as we in India use the word Avtars – so that people don’t start doubting their existence and powers. Ram was a mortal, and we called him Vishnu Avtar, and we have enough problems in Ayodhya, Krishna was a mortal we called him Vishnu Avtar, and now in a temple I saw Shirdi Sai Baba with a snake in his back ground!! May be we are trying to call him a Vishnu Avtar too!
If Godhood is reserved for Avtars and son of Gods and that it cannot be reached or attained by mortals, then the whole purpose of sadhanas in the form of meditation, mantra chanting, yoga or prayers become absolutely redundant!
Posted by Kenni at July 2, 2006 08:23 AM
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