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Episode 14 - Krishna and the Gopis

Author
Lawrence Manzo
Published
Fri 19 Mar 2010
Episode Link
http://mahabharatapodcast.blogspot.com/2010/03/episode-14-krishna-and-gopis.html

Episode 14 - Things get hot and heavy this episode, when Krishna plays a tune on his magic flute and all the girls come running.  The association of religious devotion with carnal love is found in Sikhism, Sufi Islam and even mystical Christianity.  I've always suspected that the idea was born in India as Bhakti and then gradually made its way westward through the Islamic world and finally into Western Christianity.  It would be an interesting study-- the timelines certainly fit!  Next episode, we'll get back to the bloodletting and chopping of heads, so never fear, this sexy stuff is nearly behind us!

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