[Advaita-l] true colour of Chameleon

[Swati Gupta]

After the 377 ruling I was wondering what our scriptures say.

One of my friend mentioned this book which supposedly has references to LGBTQ acceptance in our scriptures.  
https://www.amazon.com/Tritiya-Prakriti-People-Amara-Das-Wilhelm/dp/1413435343



From: Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 8:12 PM
To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta
Cc: Venkatesh Murthy
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] true colour of Chameleon

Namaste
On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 11:02 PM GR Vishwanath via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> this is irrelevant. out of curiosity- do you have any links to prove "s
> committing Adharmic act". My general impression was that the tradition does
> not endorse it, nor does it quite put in stark terms.
>
>
Manu Smrti says -

ब्राह्मणस्य रुजः कृत्वा घ्रातिरघ्रेयमद्ययोः ।
जैह्म्यं  च मैथुनं पुंसि जातिभ्रंशकरं स्मृतम् ॥११-६७ मनुस्मृतिः

Translation: Giving pain to a Brahmin, smelling smelling at things  which ought
not to be smelt at, or at spirituous liquor, cheating, and a

sexual intercourse with a man, are declared to cause the loss of caste.
अमानुषीषु पुरुष उदक्यायाम् अयोनिषु ।
रेतः सिक्त्वा जले चैव कृच्छ्रं सांतपनं चरेत् ॥ मनु , 11-173
Sex with artificial toys like girl dolls and animals and woman in period
and sex not in Vagina of woman is condemned. He should perform Krcchra for
Prayaschitta.
अमानुषीषु = different from humans , ie horse , she buffalo etc ; अयोनिषु =
things other than स्त्रीजननाङ्गम् woman's Yoni , ie things made of
wood (plastic) etc ;  उदक्या = रजस्वला (उदकमर्हति , यत् ); कृच्छ्रं
सान्तपनम् = a व्रतम् called कृच्छ्रम् ।





> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 12:37 PM Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> >
> > Being homosexual is against Dharma. It may be fine for Laukika purposes
> > like doing job , earning money, politics and so on. But in Dharmic
> matters
> > any sexual perversion is not tolerated. Any person discharging his seed
> not
> > in Yoni of Stree is committing Adharmic act. We should accept this and
> move
> > on. When such a person is writing on Dharmic matters his thoughts will
> not
> > be according to Dharma. His writing will also be not according to Dharma.
> > Do you think Adi Sankara would have accepted homosexual disciples? No.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 7:27 PM K Kathirasan via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Namaste Sriram ji,
> > >
> > > May I know what is it that you are trying to convey with news article
> and
> > > the subject of this post please? And how does that relate to Advaita
> > > Vedanta or the Vaidika tradition? I am curious. Regards.
> > >
> > > Kathirasan K
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On 20 Sep 2018, at 2:26 PM, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Namaste,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://in.yahoo.com/news/mythologist-author-devdutt-pattanaik-comes-155249747.html
> > > >
> > > > rgs,
> > > > sriram
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