Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!dss00 From: dss00@amdahl.UUCP (dss00) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.flame Subject: Re: Skull-bearing dieties, warped senators Message-ID: <2148@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 18:55:55 EDT Article-I.D.: amdahl.2148 Posted: Thu Oct 24 18:55:55 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 06:23:31 EDT References: <40@drutx.UUCP> <132@sdcc7.UUCP> <2250@iddic.UUCP> Organization: ..{ihnp4, hplabs}!amdahl!dss00 Lines: 26 Xref: linus net.religion:7647 net.flame:11530 Sameer Nadkarni > > I don't know about Tibetan Buddhism, but in all my exposure to > > Hinduism (the real Hinduism, not some junk like Hare Krishna, Rajneesh > > or some other faith-- I hope you know the difference) I have *NOT* seen > > any diety with "skulls and such". Mike Sellers > Okay, this is a question, not a flame...isn't Kali supposed to wield > a scepter topped with a skull? I believe I've even seen some renderings > with her wearing a belt of skulls as well. Its possible that I could be > confusing her with a similar Balinese god/dess, however, so keep your > user-flambe to yourself, if you please. > Indeed some pictures of Kali do show Her with skulls. However they represent the skulls of evil spirits destroyed by Her. I do find the politicians getting involved with terms like Satanism disturbing though. -- Deepak S. Sabnis ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!dss00 (408) 746-6058 (Usual Disclaimer Here)