Category:Tasting Krsna's Prasadam
Theme Analysis
The process of spiritual realization, as taught by Śrīla Prabhupāda, begins with the utilization of the tongue in the service of the Lord. While the material world considers the tongue merely an instrument for eating and speaking, spiritual science identifies it as the strategic entry point for devotional service. By engaging this specific sense in vibrating the holy names and tasting food offered to Kṛṣṇa, a practitioner can control all other senses and gradually realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Strategic Starting Point: Spiritual life does not begin with difficult austerities but with the tongue (jihva). By engaging the tongue, the most voracious of all senses, one lays the foundation for controlling the mind and the entire material body.
- Dual Function of the Tongue: The tongue has two specific duties in bhakti-yoga: to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and to taste kṛṣṇa-prasadam. These two activities purify the consciousness and awaken dormant love for God.
- Revelation Through Service: God cannot be perceived by blunt material senses. However, when the tongue is engaged in a service attitude (sevonmukhe), the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee.
- Simplicity of the Process: This method is accessible to everyone, from children to the elderly. It satisfies the natural desire for eating while simultaneously bestowing spiritual advancement, making the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness joyful and practical.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Tasting Kṛṣṇa's Prasādam as the Beginning of Devotional Service.
Pages in category "Tasting Krsna's Prasadam"
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
F
- Fixing one's mind on Krsna by seeing the beautiful transcendental form of the Lord nicely decorated, hearing His transcendental glories, tasting food offered to Him, associating with His devotees - CC Preface
- For ordinary persons God is not visible; however, when one can understand the significance of His holy name and one engages himself in the devotional service, beginning with the tongue, by chanting and tasting prasada, then gradually God reveals Himself
K
- Krsna is so kind that He gives us varieties of prasadam so you can taste them, you can satisfy your desire, at the same time you become spiritually advanced. This is a nice process
- Krsna-bhakti begins with the tongue, for we can utilize the tongue to chant, and to taste krsna-prasada. In this way we can become a Krsna bhakta
O
- Of all the senses, the tongue is the most voracious and difficult to control, but it can be controlled simply by chanting Hare Krsna and tasting Krsna prasadam, food offered to Krsna
- One should follow the regulative principles of purascarana & accept Krsna prasada, rejecting foodstuff which is not offered to Krsna. Lord Caitanya also cautioned that one should not indulge in defaming a devotee who has the actual symptoms of a devotee
- Our Krsna consciousness movement is therefore trying to introduce the system of somehow or other letting everyone hear the holy name of Krsna and take Krsna's prasada. Thus one will gradually become a devotee, and his life will be successful
T
- The beginning of service is chanting. Therefore it is said, jihvadau. Jihvadau means, jihva means tongue. Tongue. Your service begins by the tongue. How? By the tongue you can chant Hare Krsna, and by the tongue you can taste Krsna's prasadam
- The tongue has two functions - to vibrate and to taste. So if one repeatedly hears and vibrates the Hare Krsna mantra and tastes prasada, food offered to Krsna, by this very simple method one will realize Vasudeva, Krsna. Krsna will reveal Himself
- These young boys and girls from Europe and America, they have been, they are being taught, "Use the tongue for Krsna. Chant Hare Krsna, and eat Krsna prasadam." And as practical result, although they are very young, still, they have realized God, Krsna
- This Krsna consciousness movement, there is austerity, but it is not very difficult. We recommend our students not to have illicit sex. We don't stop sex, but regulate. We don't stop eating, but regulated, krsna-prasadam, no meat-eating
W
- We have no quarrel either with the vegetarian or non-vegetarian, because according to Bhagavad-gita both of them are sinful. Anyone who is not eating Krishna Prasadam, either vegetarian or non-vegetarian, he is a sinful person
- We have opened hundreds of centers all over the world just to give people in general a chance to hear about Krsna and accept Krsna’s prasadam. These two processes can be accepted by anyone, even a child
- We recommend not exactly nonvegetarian diet. We are vegetarian diet, we restrict from nonvegetarian diet, but we recommend krsna-prasadam
- When 1) the eyes are engaged in seeing the beautiful form of the Lord, the tongue engaged in tasting prasada, or remnants of foodstuff offered to the Lord then only can the transcendental senses become satiated and eternally free from material engagement
- When one engages his senses in the service of the Lord - specifically, when one engages the tongue in chanting the Hare Krsna mantra and tasting only Krsna prasada with a spirit of service - the Supreme Personality of Godhead is revealed