Prasadam: Krishna's Wonderful Gift to Us

Of the all the senses the tongue is the most voracious and uncontrollable. It is very difficult to conquer over the tongue in this world. While an uncontrolled tongue is our worst enemy because it drags us down to the animal platform, the properly controlled tongue, which takes only Krishna prasadam, is our best friend because by taking only Krishna prasadam as our food we become elevated to the transcendental platform and delivered from the cycle of birth and death.

Out of His unlimited compassion upon us Krishna has given us prasadam to help us conquer over our tongues. Prasadam means those foods which have been offered to Krishna with love and devotion. The only foods that Krishna accepts are from the category of fruits, vegetables, daily products, and grains. Meat, fish, eggs, onions, and garlic are not accepted by the Lord. By taking prasadam we become purified, and by eating foods, even vegetarian foods, which have not been offered to Krishna we become contaminated. Therefore we must be very careful that we only accept Krishna prasadam as our food. It is also important that we do not in the name of prasadam overeat. We should only take as much prasadam as we can easily digest and thus not overtax our digestive system and divert our consciousness away from the sweetest ecstasy of always remembering Krishna.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Devotees Taking Krishna Prasadam

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Become Submissive?

Can you please tell me how can I become submissive. Is it only by chanting, that I can achieve submissiveness?

Sanchita

Answer: Faithfully Obey the Spiritual Master

To become submissive simply carefully carry out whatever instructions the spiritual master gives you.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari