>>513553327thank you for the slight correction
>>513553440probably comes from nondualism which is a concept that seems unique to hinduism alone amongst indo-european traditions. in other aryan faiths there is a stronger conception of pure vs impure; the word profane derives from latin, 'pro-' meaning that which is before, and '-fane', meaning a shrine or altar, related to the germanic word Vane or Vanir, one of the tribes of the gods. so profane literally means that which you leave before an altar, or outside of it. things that are unsacred or will contaminate the temple with its presence. so when japs take their shoes off before entering a temple, the shoes are being considered profane. but in hinduism, especially the nondualist varieties of hinduism like shaivism, sacred and unsacred merge into one. sometimes this leads to interesting theological conceptions, but sometimes it also leads to 'saar you must eat the cowshit, it is vary good for you, it contains laksmi the goddess of cow shit, for you see the universe is all the breathe of brahma and everything is sacred'. to certain strains of hinduism, nothing is profane, and nothing is sacred. so dragging a corpse through the streets is a divine act, and rubbing cow shit all over yourself is a sacred unction. its an especially perverse form of pantheism bordering on satanism, for all the worst aspects of this world are worshiped and upheld as divine
