Guest guest Posted January 6, 1999 Report Share Posted January 6, 1999 Home Base: Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, Navadwip Dhama, Nadia, WB, INDIA Current Camp: ISKCON Krishna-Balaram Mandir, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. > Dear Jayapataka Swami! > > Please accept my humble obeisances! > All glories to Srila Prabhupada! > > We have just started a little discusion. There is one devotee who every > night puts some grains (like wheat,barley...) in water over the night or > he waits a few days that the sprouts grow up. My oppinion is that this > sprouts are living entities because souls have taken shelter in them and > therefore they are not offerable to Krishna. I'm not sure in this > statement I've made so I ask you to please comment on this subject? Is > this true statement? > > your servant > bhrgu das Srila Prabhupada advised us to offer chickpea sprouts to Lord Sri Krishna and distribute them to the visitors in Mayapur. Living entities in plant bodies are normally offerable to Lord Sri Krishna. Do you have any sastra which states otherwise? In BG plants and leaves are offerable to Lord Sri Krishna as are grains etc. Yours in service, Jayapataka Swami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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