Does anyone has some articles about chocolate ?

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Hari bol! AGT Srila Prabhupada

 

No articles, but a recollection: I once served in the Wash. DC-Potomac,

Maryland-temple in 1976. (Prabhupada came for a great week in July.) The

temple president, Brisakapi prabhu, was VERY fond of chocolate. (HIs wife

was/is a very good cook!) After my expressed doubts, he showed me a letter

from Prabhupada, authorizing its' use. This goes against much other

materials about chocolate, so it is still controversal today.

 

Brisakapi has since left us, but you can track down his wife-I forget her

name- to verify or see if she still has that famous letter. (Let me know if

you do.)

 

YFS,

Jayo dasa

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Hare Krishna

 

I'm sorry to reply so late to this request.

 

Srila Prabhupada wrote to one of his disciple in 1972, June 14th (Srimad

Surasrestha Das Brahmacary c/o ISKCON Trinadad) about eating chocolate, it's

a very long letter and has not much to do with the subject in question. So

I'm only writing a few lines from this letter. (if required I can write the

whole letter)

 

 

Los Angeles

14 June, 1972

My dear Surasrestha

 

..............................So far attending pujas at the houses of the

Hindus there we can go and hold our kirtana but we should not take prasadam

there. We can accept raw materials and take them to our temple but we should

not accept any prasadam prepared by them. However, if they insist then we

can take fruits and milk and offer them to Krishna. Cocoa and chocolate are

not to be taken as they are intoxicants.

 

I am leaving for London on July the 4th and am returning to New Vrindavan

for Janmastami celebration and at the time we can make further plans on my

coming to Trinadad...................................................

 

Hope this meets you in good health

 

Your ever well wisher

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

 

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So Srila Prabhupada clearly said: ''Cocoa and chocolate are not to be taken

as they are intoxicants.''

 

 

 

servant of the Vaisnavas

sukadeva goswami das