Foodgrade Silver & Gold & meat

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> My dear Ajamila Prabhuji,

> Please accept my humble obeisances _/\ò_. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

>

> > For those who argue that Srila Prabhupada allowed contaminated white

> > sugar circumstantially and 30 years later use that as an excuse to offer

> > it to the Deities when there are plenty of uncontaminated choices

> > available have seriously missed the point and can only be guilty of

> > being lazy to make the effort to keep pure.

> Thank you. At least someone understood my point.

>

> In service of Srimati Vrinda Devi,

> Deena Bandhu dasa

 

The best argument against not offering meat contaminated food to the Deity

is the following quote from Hari Bhakti Vilasa:

 

In the Padma Puräëa it is said:

"When Lord Kåñëa is pleased enemies can become friends, poison can become

healthy food, sin can become saintliness. Everything can become its

opposite."

 

This is undoubtedly true, but in what context?

 

In extraordinary situations Krishna can reverse the contamination. But will

Krishna be pleased if we go on offering Him sugar and so many other foods

contaminated with meat for three decades when there are other uncontaminated

choices easily available?

 

Circumstantially, yes. After three decades, no.

 

Another perspective to this is offering food contaminated with meat to

Krishna 'unknowingly'. Then the above verse applies because Krishna will

undoubtedly protect His sincere devotee. But now nearly all of us KNOW that

most sugar and so many other foods are contaminated with not only ordinary

meat like crushed beetles and the like but with 'cow's meat and bones'.

There is a verse in the Bhagavatam that states if a person 'knowingly'

commits a sin the reaction is more than for one who does so 'unknowingly'.

 

So to offer meat contaminated sugar and other foods to the Deity knowingly

invokes a heavy reaction on all those responsible - the cook, the Temple

President, the GBC, and the Ministry of Deity Worship for not enforcing such

a simple and basic standard.

 

The Deity already has to transform so many bad elements from even vegetarian

food such as all the contaminated karmis who have seen and touched the food.

But that is surely no problem for the all merciful Deities. But to offer

knowingly meat contaminated sugar and other foods to the Deity is surely

insulting to the Deity.

 

Nrsimha Kavaca's statement that he had a discussion with Kurma Prabhu about

the food codes with the idea of putting a list up on his website is far from

adequate. It will require a lot more effort than that. We are not talking

about spending large sums of money here, all it requires is a little time

and effort from each head pujari and temple president - as did H.H. Danavir

Goswami - to see that the Deity is offered the most pure food available.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

 

I would recommend that the ISKCON Deity Worship ministry simply write each

temple with Deities and request a report indicating what precautions if any

they have taken to ensure that the Deity is not being offered sugar or any

other food that is contaminated with meat. Back that up with some basic

contaminated food guidelines and the good example of H.H. Danavir Goswami

and the job is underway with little expense. The count and the response

would be most revealing.

 

In this day and age there cannot be any valid excuse for offering an ISKCON

Deity sugar or any other food that is contaminated with meat, yet it is not

clear as to what extent this serious offense is permeating our ISKCON

Society worldwide. Hoping the Deity Worship Ministry will respond.

 

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