Guest guest Posted June 29, 1999 Report Share Posted June 29, 1999 Dear Asvasthanasa Prabhu, please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all other Vaisnavas! All glories to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Radha-Govinda! > > How food can be karma free and not prasad? Is it possible? > > very easy. You could pick up an apple from under some tree that does not > belong to anyone and there will be no karma attached to it, yet it is not > prasadam. No. Karma is performed by 3 instruments of human's body (BG 18:15), namely: 1) body [sarira], 2) mouth [vak], and 3) mind [manas]. The first two are known also as active senses [karmendriyas]. Thus, as soon as eating is concerned, it is vak. You can either produce sound vibrations or eat by Your mouth. As soon as an apple is concerned, You can only eat it (or play soccer with it). Hence it does not matter, whether You've picked it up from under one or other tree, because You'll EAT IT! This is a KARMA, AN ACT. You have to get a reaction from each foodstuff eaten, unless You offer it to the Lord Govinda!!! Great, isn't it! Thus, a karma-free apple is only possible if You either don't eat it at all or offer it to the Lord, who purifies You from karmic results. In the first case it is karma-free but not prasada, in the second one it is both karma-free and prasada. Your most unworthy servant, Sergei. Hare Krsna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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