Religious Scholarship & Literacy's video: UULA Comparative Religion: Hinduism Part 4: Sex Sexuality and the Divine Feminine

This lecture will be the fourth in a series on the topic of Hinduism, part of the UULA Comparative Religion course. (Course Syllabus, and links to additional lectures are available here: https://sites.google.com/view/comparativereligion/home/course-contentsyllabus) In this class we will discuss the worship of various female deities in Hinduism, concepts of gender roles among the gods/goddesses, and the mythical/temple/ritual means of worshiping the divine feminine. Then we will look at issues of sex and sexuality in general, as well as how sexuality has been incorporated into religious thought and even into ritual practice. The topics for this class will include: * The Lingam Yoni, or Shiva Lingam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingam, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoni. * The Mahadevi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahadevi * Devi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi * Shakti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti * Tantra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra * The Kama Sutra (or Sutra of pleasure) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra * The Temples of Khajuraho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khajuraho_Group_of_Monuments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandariya_Mahadeva_Temple * The Gita Govinda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Govinda https://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/gita_govinda/ Hinduism Lecture Series: Part 1 Introduction and Vedic Hinduism: https://youtu.be/2_4iC8HPD2w Part 2 Jnana Yoga and the Upanishads: https://youtu.be/ffahm7ls4t8 Part 3 Bhakti Yoga and The Bhagavad Gita: https://youtu.be/F4Wa1FcKYdY Part 4 Sex, Sexuality, and the Divine Feminine: https://youtu.be/oG2XpCu-Sz4 Part 5, Modern Hinduism Today: 5-1 Caste and Gender: https://youtu.be/eHW-PzdltSo 5-2 Reactions to Pressures from Outside: https://youtu.be/S94ywHVcpmM