“Our Philosophy is that we are servant of God”

Prabhupada, April 23, 1976, Melbourne: […] Our philosophy is that we are servant of God. So God will eat, and whatever remnants of foodstuff He’ll left, that we shall take.

So in the Bhagavad-gita… You find out this verse. Patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati. Just like you have come here. So if I want to offer you something for eatable, it is my duty to ask you, “Mr. Nixon, which foodstuff you’ll like to eat?”

So you dictate, “I like this very much.” Then, if I offer you that foodstuff, then you become pleased. So we have called Krsna in this temple, so we are waiting, what foodstuff He wants to eat? So He said that…

Guru-krpa: “If one offer me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.” (BG 9.26)

Prabhupada: Yes. Patram puspam phalam. He is asking very simple thing which everyone can offer. Just like a little leaf, patram, a little flower, puspam, a little fruit, and little liquid, either water or ghee, er, milk.

So we offer that. We make different varieties with these ingredients, patram puspam phalam toyam, and after Krsna’s eating, we take it. We are servant; we take the remnants of foodstuff left by Krsna.
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