Dear devotees, Vegetarianism Another interesting way to look at this is to refer to the sloka in the Bhagavat Gita where Lord Sri Krishna declares that He would accept patram, pushpam, phalam ... This resolves the issue at one level If we are to take only prasadam - what is first offered with devotion and love to the Lord, we can only eat what the Lord accepts So, patram, pushpam, phalam ie vegetarian items is what is permitted But that opens up another issue - can there be Karma or sin in eating prasadam? I would like to think that there is definitely no karma in prasadam on the contrary there are stories in the puranas that glorify the potency and transcendental nature of prasadam Now as for items that are vegetarian and not prasadam - that is a different issue I would like to hear from the many many wonderful other devotees in this group on this matter This is my first posting since the time I have been actively following this group - as I am a part of a fairly active and large multi religious group that promotes vegetarianism here and I hence felt the need to understand more from a scriptural perspective with all humility varadakrishna
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