06 May 2015 Posted by
Hayli Harding World Religion News
Majorly Buddhism,
Jainism, Hinduism has shared their views on their
Homosexuality.
Jainism’s views of
homosexuality are simple to explain.
No sex. At all. Period. They don’t promote one way of sexuality
over another, but that any sex that isn’t for procreation is not
permitted. Of course, since homosexuality cannot be used to
reproduce, it is automatically not allowed. However, it is right
there with any heterosexual sex for fun, premarital sex, and any
other kind.
Buddha’s 5 precepts cover the 5 things that people should
refrain from doing, rather than something considered commandments.
In one of them, he states that lay-people should refrain from
“sexual misconduct.” What that entails isn’t specified, though he
did add that men should respect a woman’s commitment. He felt that
as long as it was consensual, affectionate and loving, sex is fine.
Once you threaten, harm, break commitments, abuse or force, it is
not acceptable. Buddhism
overall encourages peace and love. Buddha’s last words were to
Venerable Anand, his companion, who cried and didn’t know who to
follow and believe in.
Buddha told him ‘appa deepo bhava’ (be a light unto yourself).
The
Dalai Lama has stated that homosexual sex is okay if nobody is
harmed and it’s completely consensual.
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While those
practicing Hinduism
have various stances on homosexuality, as a whole, same-sex is
frequently shown as natural in the world through mythical
stories. Many of the temples depict same-sex relationships and
sexual behavior
between all genders. The scriptures about the deities show many
of them as androgynous, such as Shiva. Ayyappa was born from Vishnu
and Shiva when Shiva had taken a female form. The story of
Bhagiratha follows that he was born from two women who had
sexual intercourse under divine blessings. The Kamasutra primarily
describes intercourse as a form of pleasure, and even divided up
types of men into female and male type. Jiddu Krishnamurti, a Hindu
philosopher, has said that homosexuality has only been viewed as a
problem because “humans
focus too much on sex.”
Ayyappa is known as
"Hariharan Puthiran" because he is the son of Hari (Vishnu) the
Saviour and Haran (Shiva) the destroyer
Sikhism
doesn’t actually have many teachings on sexuality one way or the
other. It primarily aims to not hate or be angry at others
regardless of their lives and being. While some preachers, such as
Giani Joginder Singh
Vedanti, condemn it, many feel that, based on what has been
stated in the Guru Granth Sahib, it isn’t a bad thing. The Sikh
Gurus mainly encourage the married life between two souls, which
don’t have genders. There is little controversy, aside from the
preachers, and LGBTI are welcome to temple and other activities.
However, since it isn’t specifically addressed, they don’t hold
marriage ceremonies for LGBTI in their churches.