Reading Notes: Vitthai's Secret Part H
- In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna is portrayed as a masculine warrior charioteer but in Dyaneshwari, Krishna is portrayed as mother Vitthal
- Dyaneshwar saw Krishna as female terms. Krishna was a loving cow who provided comfort
- The idea of mother Krishna was carried onto other poems
- Idea of love and wisdom was greater than the gender of Krishna
- There are many poems dedicated to the male devas compared to the female devas
- Male devas lives in the heavens while female devas stays in earth and are associated with nature.
- To Brahmans gender did not matter, but normal people took way more importance in the gender of the deities
- New Hinduism put a lot of focus on desires
- Male gods owed their divinity to their counterpart goddesses
- Worship of gods without goddess is often frowned upon
- Ardhanareshwara represent the equality of god since she is seen as the half woman form of Shiva
- Islam gained foothold in India starting in 7th century which was seen as the gradual rejection of feminine things
- Nath Jogi's masculinity came from rejecting the women instead of conquering the women
- Eventually, women came to be something that represents mutual longing
- Love for the devotee turns masculine to feminine and vice versa
- Kali becomes Krishna after she was full of love thus worshipping Kali was connected with Krishna
- When Christians denounced Hinduism, hinduism turned more masculine
- Poems became more patriarchal
- Point is evoking the gods within us
- Dyaneshwar saw Krishna as female terms. Krishna was a loving cow who provided comfort
- The idea of mother Krishna was carried onto other poems
- Idea of love and wisdom was greater than the gender of Krishna
- There are many poems dedicated to the male devas compared to the female devas
- Male devas lives in the heavens while female devas stays in earth and are associated with nature.
- To Brahmans gender did not matter, but normal people took way more importance in the gender of the deities
- New Hinduism put a lot of focus on desires
- Male gods owed their divinity to their counterpart goddesses
- Worship of gods without goddess is often frowned upon
- Ardhanareshwara represent the equality of god since she is seen as the half woman form of Shiva
- Islam gained foothold in India starting in 7th century which was seen as the gradual rejection of feminine things
- Nath Jogi's masculinity came from rejecting the women instead of conquering the women
- Eventually, women came to be something that represents mutual longing
- Love for the devotee turns masculine to feminine and vice versa
- Kali becomes Krishna after she was full of love thus worshipping Kali was connected with Krishna
- When Christians denounced Hinduism, hinduism turned more masculine
- Poems became more patriarchal
- Point is evoking the gods within us
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