Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Kurma: "We received a circular letter sent originally to Los Angeles from Prabhupada, encouraging us to improve the standard of Deity worship in our temple. Prabhupada had given some details, and especially he mentioned that we should offer “bhog” to Krishna five or six times daily. "Bhog"? (Of course, we pronounced it "Bog"). None of us had any idea what “bhog” was. Was it a vegetable, a variety of dal, a sweet, or a type of savoury? Someone speculated that they thought it was a type of rice. We looked it up in whatever scant Indian cook books we could find, but discovered no recipe. “It must be important,” we reasoned, “because Krishna eats it six times a day.” We’d ask Indian guests who came to the temple, but to no avail. It wasn’t until months later, when a devotee coming from India told us: “Bhog?—Oh, you mean bhoga! That means unoffered food!” We were relieved to discover that despite our ignorance, Radha Gopinatha were already regularly receiving ample offerings of bhoga every day!" (From "The Great Transcendental Adventure") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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