29 A Krishna Conscious Diet

A Krishna Conscious Diet


Krishna states in the Bhagavad-gita that whatever one eats, one should
offer to Him first, before partaking of it. If one neglects this
injunction, one is verily eating only sin. This means that there will
be a karmic reaction for eating any type of food--even food in the
mode of goodness--unless the food is first offered to God as a
sacrifice.


Krishna is a person and has personal likes and dislikes. There are
certain foods that He considers acceptable, such as fruits,
vegetables, grains, and milk products. If we want Krishna to accept
our offering, it is necessary to confine ourselves to the groups of
foods that He will accept, otherwise the offering will be in vain--He
will reject it.


The attitude in which one offers the foodstuffs to Krishna is most
important. Krishna states that one should offer the food with love and
devotion". This means that one should make the offering and do the
cooking with the idea of preparing the food for the pleasure of
Krishna.
A Krishna conscious person prepares the food in a clean place, never
tasting the . preparations before they are offered. He uses the
authorized ingredients. When he is finished with the preparation, he
puts a sample of each dish on a special plate that is used only for
Krishna's eating. Placing this dish on the altar before Krishna, he
prays with devotion for the Lord to accept his humble presentation.
After this offering, the plate is cleansed and put away. Then the
devotee partakes of the Lord's remnants, and is purified by doing so.
1. Bhagavad-gita 9.27
2. Bhagavad-gita 3.13
3. Bhagavad-gita 9.26
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