RV: Cheese & sugar

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My Dear Spiritual Daughter Sridhari,

 

Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thankyou for your letter cited below with my comments. I have noted the

contents carefully.

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> De: Sridhari devi dasi <sridhari (AT) lanet (DOT) com.ar>

> A: Marici das <marici.jps (AT) com (DOT) bbt.se>; JPS answer to KC questions II

<answers.to.KC.questions (AT) com (DOT) bbt.se>

> Asunto: Cheese & sugar

> Fecha: Viernes 21 de Agosto de 1998 18:57

>

> Sridhari (AT) lanet (DOT) com.ar

> Sridhari.jps (AT) com (DOT) bbt.se

> telef: +54 - 61 - 221806

> Mendoza - Argentina

>

> > All the glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

> > All the glories to Srila Prabhupada

> > All the glories to Your Divine Grace!

> >

> > Dear Gurudev:

> > Pamho, my question is in regard to eating cheese and

sugar.

>

> Some Gurus told their discipules not to do it cheese anymore, except

> panir,

> wich is your opinion?

 

Unless I know some sastra about it I wouldn't ban it. I don't know any

reason not to eat cheese if it is purely vegetarian.

 

> Why not eating cheese that is vegetarian and

nobody

> says nothing about sugar that everybody knows that to make it white

karmis

> use bons powder or podwer of fish scale, and other intoxicating staffs,

> like quimical that is sure helps to develope cancer?

 

Srila Prabhupada was asked about white sugar and His Divine Grace's comment

was that in KALI YUGA everything was comtaminated. He considered avoiding

sugar was impossible. On the other hand Srila Prabhupada in Mayapur said it

was better to do everything by devotees as anything done by karmis got some

of their karma rubbed off on it. When it was done as a devotional service

by devotees, especially on temple property, it was karma free. Srila

Prabhupada also advised the Mayapur devotees to use gur instead of outside

sugar. So if there is a suitable substite available Srila Prabhupada wasn't

against it.

 

> > Today I heared from devotees that the GBC's spoke about cheese and

it's

> forbbiden for all Iskcon devotees to eat it. Is it true?

 

I haven't heard of such a resolution. I think it must be some individual

GBC member who has advised this. I have never seen such a resolution on

this topic of cheese. Please send me a copy if you have it.

 

> As you know I'm naturist, cheese may be prepare by the karmis, but

there

> are lots of cheese totally vegetarian and are made by machines. Cheese is

> good for Calcium, make the bones strong, and others.

 

So it seems you need to take cheese.

 

> Sugar is also dangerous because of what I wrote above, and destroys

slowly

> the bones of the people because take the Calcium of it, the teeth, make

the

> blood weak, and others.

 

I personally prefer to take other alternatives than white sugar, although

sometimes it is hard to avoid.

 

> > Devotees also by vegetarian spagettis to eat also done by karmis

> machines, and it are grains, and nobody complains.

 

Generally things made by non-devotees usually can't be offered to Lord Sri

Krishna unless they are raw ingredients which are cooked by devotees. In

some temples nothing pre-cooked by non-devotees is offered. In Arbenteur

(Goloka Dhama) Germany they have their own pasta making machine and they

make the pasta they offer to the Deities.

 

> > I would aprecciate very much if you can make us clear this points.

> >

> > Your eternal servant,

> > Sridhari devi dasi

> >

 

I hope that this helped.

 

I hope that this finds you in good health.

 

Your ever well wisher,

 

Jayapataka Swami