So what is Hindu kOsher/halAl/Grace? It is simply our ATTITUDE towards foor- if we consume food as prasAdam we are cleared of all pApams, this is what we can conclude from BG chapter 3, verse 13. ya-jn^a-shi-SHTA-shi-nah sa-nto mu-chya-nte sa-rva-ki-lbi-SHaih | bhu-n^ja-te te tva-gham pA-pA ye pa-cha-ntyA-tma-kA-ra-Nat ||III-13|| ya-jn^a-shi-SHTa (remnants of a yajn^a, food remaining after performance of an yajn^a, remannats of fire offering, food offered in worship) a-shi-nah (eating, consume) sa-ntah (the righteous, good, devotees, true) mu-chya-nte (they are released, are liberated, are freed) sa-rva (all kinds of) ki-lbi-SHaih (from sins, from wrongs, from evils). bhu-n^ja-te (eat, relish, enjoy) te (they, those) tu (indeed, but) a-gham (sin, impurity, pain, suffering) pA-pAh (the wicked, sinners, the evil ones, sinful ones) ye (who) pa-cha-nti (prepare food, they cook, they digest) A-tma (own, self) kA-ra-Nat (for the sake of) The righteous people consume food remaining after being offered to a ya-jn^a and are thus released from all evils; but the wicked, who prepare food for their own sake, indeed eat only sin. dAsan K.S. tAtAchAr -----Original Message----- From: mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx To: tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 4:44 AM Subject: [SriRangaSri] "To eat or not to eat" Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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