Category:Our Restaurants (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
Opening a restaurant is traditionally seen as a mundane business, but the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement transforms it into a powerful preaching tool. The visionary guidance of Śrīla Prabhupāda establishes that these establishments exist primarily to distribute karma-free prasādam and help the public forget meat-eating. To protect the renounced order, he strictly assigns the management of these venues to the gṛhasthas while insisting that brahmacārīs and sannyāsīs stick exclusively to temple duties. By playing mild saṅkīrtana and providing reading rooms, the devotees create a profound spiritual atmosphere that effortlessly attracts the public. Ultimately, while some financial gain may naturally occur, the true profit of these vegetarian restaurants is the spiritual advancement of everyone involved.
- A Preaching Mission: Restaurants are not meant for mundane profit making, but serve as non-sectarian venues to distribute pure food and spiritual literature.
- The Duty of Householders: Managing these complex businesses is the specific duty of gṛhasthas, allowing sannyāsīs and brahmacārīs to focus entirely on direct temple activities.
- Creating a Spiritual Atmosphere: A genuine Hare Kṛṣṇa restaurant must feature pictures of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, mild chanting of the holy names, and strictly offered food.
- Synergy With Farms: Urban restaurants work in perfect harmony with rural farm projects by utilizing self-sufficient ingredients like pure ghī.
- Maintaining Separation: To preserve strict sanctity, commercial restaurant operations and regular temple activities must remain completely physically distinct.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Guides His Disciples on the Preaching Purpose of Hare Kṛṣṇa Restaurants.
Pages in category "Our Restaurants (Disciples of SP)"
The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
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- Best idea is for Subala to go to Fiji and preach. That is the business of sannyasi, not opening restaurant. Restaurant is for grhastha
- Boston is a very good city for there are many, many young people and a Hare Krishna Restaurant where we serve delicious Prasadam will be appreciated there
- By Krishna's Grace you have now a lot of experience travelling with me and I hope it will be possible to manage the restaurant better and better. My blessings to your wife and child
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- I want that all of our householders be engaged in managing these restaurants
- If the restaurant is completely separate entrance and the activities of the restaurant do not mix with the temple at all, then it is possible, otherwise not
- In each restaurant there should be the picture of Lord Caitanya, and the foods should be offered and distributed to the respected customers. There should also be a tape recorder playing the Sankirtana in mild voice
- In Honolulu they are doing nicely, this restaurant. You can take information from Srutakirti das. And the farm will get money by selling ghee to the restaurant. And also you can sell the ghee to the Indian people in the city
- It is a very good idea for people to come to our vegetarian restaurant and take so many nice things, especially the panir, fried cheese, and sandesh, kachori, rasagulla, samosa and in this way they will forget their meat-eating
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- Since Tamala Krsna, Gurukrpa, Ambarisa, and yourself are all in agreement to develop the restaurant in Hawaii rather than in Boston, I have no objection
- So far increasing the New Orleans' farm, yes, if you have got more men, you can get more land. You should make a stock of ghee from the farm and if possible open a restaurant in the city for attracting people. You can prepare samosas, kacoris, rasgullas
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- The brahmacaris and sannyasis must stick to the temple activities. Only the grhasthas can take part in the restaurant. Our aim should not be to work for profit
- The proposed farm project in nothern California is approved by me. Such projects as well as constructing temples, protecting cows, gathering milk, then making ghee, then opening Hare Krishna Restaurants are all good programs for grhasthas
- There is a proposal to make a very grand (Doll Exhibit) exhibition in the capital of the country, Washington D.C. It is proposed to have a restaurant and bookshop attached, and everything will be held within a specially built building
- They need about 8 devotees to work full-time who are dedicated and would like to assist in the opening of the restaurant
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- Yes, you can open a restaurant in Edinburgh
- You American boys & girls can make very large profit, but why you have taken to KC? You are not meant for profit making but for advancing in spiritual life. We should not take to the restaurant for profit making at the cost of slackening spiritual life
- Your idea to in the future build a major temple is very good. Then we can either sell the building on Soho or we can keep it for a restaurant if it is profitable