Guest guest Posted February 15, 2000 Report Share Posted February 15, 2000 > i was just following all this discussion about prasadam. quite > interesting. what i have heard is that effect of prasadam depends on > cook's mental condition, pujari's mental condition and mental condition of > the person who relishes prasadam. if all 3 of them are kanisthas, what > quality can be there? i think it's not just black and white - material or > transcendental. i suppose there can be different levels of transcendence > as well... > > just tell me if i'm completely wrong, i have been thinking like this for > years... Interesting point. I know of devotees who won't eat offerings prepared by certain cooks but it seems that the mentality of the prasadam-taker is also important. If you went to a temple where you didn't know the cook, would you be more likely to accept the prasada as transcendental, in a mood of seva? I think you would, just because of the fact that you have not become familiar with the devotees there. Or if you went to the dhama, would you wonder about the consciousness of the cook at the Radha-ramana temple or Jagannatha mandira, or would you accept the prasada with an ecstatic and humble mood? It seems that there is a danger in becoming too discriminating and allowing the nature of Kali-yuga and the kanistha mentality to un-bhakti-fy everything. If you take the mentality of the cook and pujari idea to its conclusion, you're not going to accept anything that Srila Prabhupada didn't cook or anything that he didn't offer. Anyone lower than a maha-bhagavat is necessarily affecting the prasada negatively, no? Hare Krsna, ys. brajajana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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