Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today - The Blessing - Offering Food to God

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Sai Baba Gita Reading for TodayNovember 30, 2003- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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The Blessing - Offering Food to God

In Sanskrit the Gita verses used before food are:

Brahmaarpanam, brahma havir,Brahmaagnau brahmanaa hutam,Brahmaiva tena

gantavyam,Brahma karma samaadhinaha.

Aham vaishvaanaro bhutvaa,Praaninaam dehamaashritaha,Praanaapaana samaa

yuktaha,Pachaamy annam chatur vidham.

which mean:

The offering is God, the act of offering is God,Offered by God in the sacred

fire which is God.He alone attains GodWho in all his actions is fully absorbed

in God.

I am the all-pervading cosmic energy,Lodged in the bodies of living

beings.United with their ingoing and outgoing life-breaths,I consume all the

various foods.

This prayer before eating removes all the defects and flaws in the vessels and

in the articles of food, as well as removing any negative influence acquired

during the cooking process. Before offering the prayer the food is merely food;

but once you offer it to the Lord it becomes consecrated food.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Source:http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita062.html- - - - - - - - - - -

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GitaCompiled and edited by Al Drucker - Published by Atma

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