tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15485481.post7475585659549224517..comments2024-03-07T19:16:51.653+01:00Comments on madangopal: Phone sanga (17)advaitadashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11562361400492002096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15485481.post-62501598812047543082008-05-13T07:51:00.000+02:002008-05-13T07:51:00.000+02:00Anon, Mahaprabhu said in the relevant chapter of C...Anon, Mahaprabhu said in the relevant chapter of Caitanya Caritamrita (Antya 16.108) <I>ei sab hoy prakrita drabya; aiksava karpura marica, elaici labanga gabya</I> "These are all material ingredients - cane-sugar, camphor, black pepper, cardamom, cloves and dairy." <I>prAkRta vastura svAda sabAra anubhava</I> 'The material relish of these substances are relishable by everyone'. (verse 109). So how is it divine? <I>tAte ei drabye kRSNAdhara sparsa hoilo; adharera guNa sab ihAte sancArilo</I> 'All these ingredients have been touched by Krishna's lips, so the qualities of His lips have become infused in it."<BR/>If it were mere faith that would give prasAd its magical potency, then why would prasAd be distributed to non-devotees each day? When I was a novice in Amsterdam my mother came to visit me and took prasad. On the way back home she drove her car down the speedway and felt that she was taking off like in an airplane! And she had no faith in the prasad...advaitadashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562361400492002096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15485481.post-72546549312580440412008-05-13T02:20:00.000+02:002008-05-13T02:20:00.000+02:00Radhe Radhe!On the topic of the divine nature of p...Radhe Radhe!<BR/><BR/>On the topic of the divine nature of prasad, how do we understand this in light of the fact that prasadam apparently decays like ordinary food? If it is simply our attitude towards it that makes it divine, then eulogizing its divinity would be exaggeration. Thanks in advance for your thoughts on the matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com