Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Dear Sir, I fully agree with you. I was only pointing out that any thing, food or otherwise, which has been offered to God is called prasadam (blessed thing). And things unoffered are called Bhog. According to Hindu Sadachar, a prasadam item should not be RE-offered again, that is "seva-aparadha". Bhog of any sort, including clothes, jewels, etc., is to be offered, it then becomes prasadam. After becoming "offered" as prasadam, it should not be offered-again. It makes no difference to God, but for us that would be seva-aparadha (knowingly or unknowingly) and this slows spiritual progress. The difference between unoffered item and prasada-item is called buddhi. Sukriya!!! --- pillai george <pillai_george wrote: > Dear Friend, > > Everything in this world belongs to him. We are offering things that > was created by him and that belongs to him. > > In a way we are showing our thanks to him and we are taking things > with his permission by showing him what we're taking was his and that > we're not stealing. > > Prasadam means blessed food. We take the food he have given us, offer > to him with love, He bless it and gives back to us. > > With this practise he's always trying to tell us that everything in > this world belongs to him and we're just beggars here. Even our body > don't belong to us. > > In some places holyash, water are also considered Prasad. So prasad > not only means food, it can be in any form. Everything which we have > are all his. > > Yours > George Pillai > Om namah shivaya kalyansimha <kalyansimha wrote: > Dear Friends > > After completion of my daily Puja, I offered Prasadam to my > most beloved God Sri Jagannath Swamy. A Doubt sparkled in my mind - > Why should we offer prasadam to God when everything is given by God? > Thanking you, > kalyan simha > > > > > Visit your group "" on the web. > > > > > Terms of > Service. > > > > > > > > > > New and Improved Mail - 1GB free storage! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Dear George, I agree with you on everything but one, we should not consider ourselves as beggers even before God, we are all souls including God(s), God(s) are in aonther plane becausse they are enlightened and purified souls and we are in the process of purification, God is our heavenly father and we come here to learn, repay our Karma and spiritually purify our soul. Yes we have to be greatful to God in every aspect, the only way is to help god by doing good things and following a rightous path and being respectful to elders, fellow beings, animals and nature as all of us belong to one family and have same life energy. In the same way we give brith to our childeran and we wont expect them to consider themselves beggers and us as masters. we relate to then through love, we respect them. Even swamy vivekananda has said this to the world. I only learnt from his techings and I feel it is very correct. Om namah shivaya, Best Regards, Divakar. --- pillai george <pillai_george wrote: > Dear Friend, > > Everything in this world belongs to him. We are > offering things that was created by him and that > belongs to him. > > In a way we are showing our thanks to him and we are > taking things with his permission by showing him > what we're taking was his and that we're not > stealing. > > Prasadam means blessed food. We take the food he > have given us, offer to him with love, He bless it > and gives back to us. > > With this practise he's always trying to tell us > that everything in this world belongs to him and > we're just beggars here. Even our body don't belong > to us. > > In some places holyash, water are also considered > Prasad. So prasad not only means food, it can be in > any form. Everything which we have are all his. > > Yours > George Pillai > Om namah shivaya kalyansimha <kalyansimha wrote: > Dear Friends > > After completion of my daily Puja, I offered > Prasadam to my > most beloved God Sri Jagannath Swamy. A Doubt > sparkled in my mind - > Why should we offer prasadam to God when everything > is given by God? > Thanking you, > kalyan simha > > > > > Visit your group "" on the > web. > > To from this group, send an email > to: > > > Your use of is subject to the > > > > > > > > > > > New and Improved Mail - 1GB free storage! ____ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store./redcross-donate3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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