Dear All, Good Day!
Another tough nut! Let me start with the Hindu Mythology; even the Mahabharat may be considered a myth. Start with MahaVishnu. Also called Narayana, and Hari and a lot. There is a hymn called Vishnu Sahasra Nama which iterates all 1000 names of him. By the way, in some contexts, the mother Goddess is also called Narayana, which means the word has a feminine form also. Krishna and Rama are supposed to be the Avatars of Vishnu, and Krishna is used to name a male and female and same way, Rama too. My Swami Ji used to say that Krishna means something that can attract strongly, and Rama means a pleasing one. So, may they have acquired these names later on than by birth.
So, coming to the point, Vishnu was the schemer of the Samudra Manthan, and it says he tells a lot of lies to get things done. Krishna in the Mahabharat also seems does like that. Rama was not into it, I feel. Also, if you read the Harinama Keerthana, it says that everything perceived by humans is only Vishnu. So it may be assumed that this nature itself is Vishnu. Now, coming to nature, and we humans, whether it is a created one or an accidental Big Bang, our survival was the purpose of all the senses provided along with our bodies. Survival, as we know, is not a long-term one, but we pull on till we reproduce and will not become obsolete. Start with the breath to the reproductive system, all are provided with some element of happiness of varying levels. And it is not because of the Genesis but just because nature wants it, sex is made a sin. And the rules keep changing, and nature takes care of it. I almost said it as a divine intervention, but I am sure it is not that way. We will be led to circumstances of that kind and victims of circumstances, what we are, anyway! If you understand this principle that nature holds, you may lose interest in all of these sensory pleasures, and you become an ascetic. That is just the beginning, and nature will take you for a joy ride. Reminds me of an old movie, Jumanji, which I started watching again!
May continue...
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