Remnants.

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna..please allow me to include a small illustration in this

discusion: scenario: the guru has finished respecting prasada, it is in a

public meeting, many visitiors and first time guest are present. A

dreamy-eyed, smiling devotee dives for the guru-s plate and with out

discrimination, begins to offer remenants to one and all, including the

new-comers. They blissfully offer a new person a piece of chewed orange

peel,"It's mercy!" exclaims the sincere devotee. The other person is seeing

this as an act from outter space. What is going on? "It's been in "HIS"

mouth!" the totally unaware devotee exclaims. With a horrified expression,

mentally shrieking "cult!cult!" the terrified person gets up and heads

out of the door....this is a "real-life" discription of a drama witnessed on

various stages through out ISKCON..... I feel sorry for the uninformed

guests and new-comers. The prasad of one's Guru IS mercy and it IS sacred,

but only with discrimation should it be distributed, as Maharaja has

correctly outlined.