Guest guest Posted February 13, 2000 Report Share Posted February 13, 2000 I seem to remember hearing of some temple kitchen in India where the cooks have their mouths covered with a cloth band while cooking so that they do not inadvertently spit. Does anyone know about this, or have more details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2000 Report Share Posted February 14, 2000 >I seem to remember hearing of some temple kitchen in India where the cooks >have their mouths covered with a cloth band while cooking so that they do >not inadvertently spit. Does anyone know about this, or have more details? I have seen drawings of cooks and the people who transport the prasadam to the altar in Jagannath Puri temple wearing cloths over their mouths. Apart from this I don't know of anywhere where they do this. I have also hear from Sri Vaisnava women in South India that chanting prayers while cooking has to be done within the mind to avoid spitting on the preparations. ys Gaura Keshava dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2000 Report Share Posted February 15, 2000 So what is better? The question seems to go unanswered. Chanting aloud, even while cooking, or silence in the kitchen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2000 Report Share Posted February 15, 2000 Srila prabhupada mentioned that one should never talk if possibel within the kitchen because when one talk there is some"sptting" going on at the same time allthou for hhuman eyes is very hard to see.But we can experinces this by just putting a peace of glass in front of the maouth and talk and then we can see its definitly effect. So talking should therefor wihtin the kitchen never be donne over working tabeles or over pots on the stov etc.Because after all its Krishnas saliva that creates the nectar and somebodie elses saliva is before its not accepted by the Lord on the Level WE talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2000 Report Share Posted February 15, 2000 > Srila prabhupada mentioned that one should never talk if possibel within > the kitchen because when one talk there is some"sptting" going on at the > same time allthou for hhuman eyes is very hard to see.But we can > experinces this by just putting a peace of glass in front of the maouth > and talk and then we can see its definitly effect. > So talking should therefor wihtin the kitchen never be donne over working > tabeles or over pots on the stov etc.Because after all its Krishnas saliva > that creates the nectar and somebodie elses saliva is before its not > accepted by the Lord on the Level WE talking about. What exactly are you trying to say in the last sentense? Ys, Gauri das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2000 Report Share Posted February 16, 2000 I would chant. Your servant, Nrsimha Kavaca dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2000 Report Share Posted February 16, 2000 On 16 Feb 2000, Nrsimha Kavaca wrote: > I would chant. > > > Your servant, > Nrsimha Kavaca dasa I'm for the chanting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2000 Report Share Posted February 16, 2000 > Chanting aloud, even while cooking, or silence in the kitchen? > I would chant. Chanting should be done mentally. Best is to hear a lecture or kirtana. If I chant loudly and my saliva falls on Krsna's bhoga then the chanting is also for our sense gratification. The ultimate purpose of chanting to please Krsna favourably. Your servant, Nayana-rañjana d€sa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2000 Report Share Posted February 16, 2000 What I refferring to is that when a pure devotee eats one should concider that the Lord is eating thrue his mouth and thus the Pure devotees nectar is there.And as Iunderstood from the exampel of Ragunatha Goswamies taaking the rutten rice the LORD eveninjoys taking th e remenants from the devotess.I also reffer to the fact that the Lord was injoying serving the vaisnavas by washing their feet at the Raja suja sacrifice of MAHARAJA Yudhistira and as well HE injoyed serving as Lord Caitanya the Vasinavas prasadam with hIs one Hands so I HAVE understood that the Lord serve His devotees in all the 9 diffrent aspekts of devotional services wich include accepting the remenants from Pure vaisnava Am I wrong here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2000 Report Share Posted February 16, 2000 Srila Prabhupada mentioned that while working n the kitchen it should be cean like in a room for surgery and equally no talk unless its very necessairly like a doctor askig for an equiment fro a nurse to continue the operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2000 Report Share Posted February 16, 2000 On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, COM: Bhanu Swami (Madras - IN) wrote: > manipuris do this also while serving. > I've seen cooks do it in several places, even among non-vaishnavas. MDd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2000 Report Share Posted February 16, 2000 ·>On 16 Feb 2000, Nrsimha Kavaca wrote: ·> ·>> I would chant. ·>> ·>> ·>> Your servant, ·>> Nrsimha Kavaca dasa ·> ·>I'm for the chanting. After all, it is not the food that Krsna accepts, but the love and devotion with which it is prepared. So if by chanting we can increase this, then that is what Krsna wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2000 Report Share Posted February 16, 2000 I'm not suggesting revealing your mind to a pakora or having an intimate conversation with a bucket of subji. I think it's possible to communicate in the kitchen quite effectively without contaminating the food. Consciousness goes into the food, so we must seek Krishna in the kitchen. Listening to a tape and mental chanting are not the same as chanting. You go into the kitchen, and there are 8 people making samosas for Lord Nityananda's birthday. They are starting to wane in enthusiasm and getting restless. So, I can listen to the tape (which has been playing for several hours) and chant mentally (which I might not be able to do to well if concentrating on cooking) and hope that the others figure out ways to keep themselves motivated. OR we can engage in a little krishna-katha. "Hey, Prabhu, did you know what Haridas Thakura said to Adwaita Acharya after his first run-in with Jagai and Madhai?" This creates an activity or focus for a whole group. The consciousness can then shift from the tedium of samosas to Krishna. And, that is the goal as far as I understand it of cooking: to have Krishna consciousness and to put it into the food. Whatever it takes to get to that point is the "right" answer to the question, "Should we chant in the kitchen." If listening and mental chanting put you into the right state of mind for cooking, then that's good for you. I prefer the jocular enthusiastic state where many devotees are contributing to create higher and higher states of consciousness. RPd If we can talk a little about Lord Nityananda, then certainly our troubles will be over. My mental chanting and my mental state won't necessaril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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