vow to take only prasada

[Guest guest]

The difference of cooking here in this temple and in an ordinary house is

that in an ordinary house they’re cooking sins. The cooking appears the

same, but here there is no sin, because it is being cooked for Krsna. Beyond

this field of activities, Krsna consciousness, everything is within the laws

of nature, generally, you are being implicated in sinful activities. And

those who are little more cautious, they avoid sinful activities, they do

pious activities. But even in pious activities, one is implicated.

 

So we should be careful not to eat anything which is not offered to Krsna.

That should be our determination. We cannot purchase things from the market

and eat. No. That is not possible. We cannot eat. We can simply eat such

things which are offered to the Deity, Krsna. Even if we have committed some

sin, by eating this prasadam we counteract it. How is this? That is also

stated in the Bhagavad-gita. [bg. 18.66] “If you surrender unto Me, then

I’ll give you protection from all sinful reactions.” So if you make it a vow

that “I shall not eat anything which is not offered to Krsna,” that means

surrender. You surrender to Krsna, that “My dear Lord, I shall not eat

anything which is not offered to You.” That vow is surrender. And because

there is surrender, you are protected from sinful reaction. (Class by Srila

Prabhupada in LA, May 4, 1970)