Category:Nice Prasadam
Theme Analysis
The concept of "Nice Prasadam" in Kṛṣṇa consciousness goes beyond mere culinary satisfaction; it is a fundamental tool for sense control, spiritual advancement, and preaching. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that the tongue is the most formidable enemy among the senses, yet it can be easily conquered by the spiritual practice of eating food offered to Lord Kṛṣṇa. This category synthesizes instructions on how the distribution of palatable prasadam attracts people to the sankirtana movement, satisfies the devotees' desire for enjoyment in a spiritual way, and establishes a standard of opulent worship for the Deity.
- Conquering the Tongue: The tongue is identified as the most voracious and difficult sense to control, but Krsna has mercifully provided prasadam to help the living entity conquer material desires.
- The Weapon of Preaching: Palatable food is a primary means to attract the public, including hippies and tourists, to the temple environment where they can then engage in chanting and hearing.
- Spiritualized Enjoyment: Devotees are not bereft of pleasure; rather, their enjoyment is purified ("Krsnized") by accepting varieties of nice foodstuffs that have first been tasted by the Lord.
- Deity Standards: A crucial aspect of temple worship involves offering the Deity the finest preparations, cooked by qualified brahmanas, ensuring that Krsna is treated as the Supreme Person.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Conquering the Tongue with Nice Prasādam.
Pages in category "Nice Prasadam"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- Bhaktivinoda Thakura said, "Out of all the senses, the tongue is very difficult to control, formidable enemy." So in order to control the tongue, He has given nice prasadam
- Bombay is a very big city, people are rich, so we can give you nice room, nice prasadam. Come here, live here (gurukula) at least once in a week and learn Vedic literature, Vedic civilization. The essence of Vedic literature is Srimad-Bhagavatam
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- Many people have mentioned the nice prasadam distribution program in our New York Temple. I have heard also that on Sundays there are 500 people attending. So there is tremendous scope for preaching
- Mr. Malkani is a cook and can teach how to prepare nice foodstuffs. He also knows of our idea for the Hare Krishna Restaurants
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- They go to hotel from miles together to take some palatable foodstuff - restaurant, hotel. And we cannot give nice krsna-prasadam? Why? Why you cannot give
- This is a rascaldom civilization. What is difficulty there? You come, sit down, chant Hare Krsna, take nice prasadam, hear philosophy, see nice pictures, decorated Deity. What is the difficulty there
- Those who are desiring for Krsna, they are not behind any enjoyment. They are rather in perfect enjoyment. These Krsna conscious students, they are desiring for Krsna nice prasadam, so they are not bereft. Practically they are enjoying but it is Krsnized
- To attract them to really nice prasadam, palatable food, we shall spend. And we shall earn also by literature, produce, as they're earning. Where is the difficulty
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- We take prasadam. The nice prasadam, the foodstuff that is prepared, is not taken directly - we take it through Krsna
- Why there are so many discrepancies and nonequality? Somebody is very rich, somebody is very poor. Somebody is eating stool, and somebody is eating nice prasadam, halava. It is all due to the living entity's karma
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- You should make sure that there is nice fresh, clean dress every morning, nice bathing ceremony every morning, nice offerings of prasadam. You should see that the Deity is tended for and cooked for only by the duly second initiated brahmanas
- You take prasadam, nice prasadam. Don't take more, otherwise you'll sleep more